I will soon buy a new hard drive (mostly for enough space to store movies/mp3s) and have been thinking about partitioning it to make space for a linux OS along-side windoze.
Is linux really good, or is it just a fad like i've heard, what are some of its pros and cons
I program in both C++ and perl so i will probably load it for that, and i'm interested about how the kernel works.
What is the best flavor of Linux, and what is most secure. Im thinking of either getting Red Hat or Slackware.