The choice has been made, redhat it is. But as a linux newbie myself, I would make one small suggestion. Buy a second harddrive, nothing big (You can pick up a 5 gig for 10 bucks at most service shops that have used for sale) this gives you the option to play with linux until you are ready for the jump without partitioning plus if you are on a dial up, it'll save you a lot of headache when you need drivers for your connection to the internet. I might be stating the obvious, but it's something I learned the hardway, lol.