I'm going to admit this right away...I've never used Linux before.

But...I am EXTREMELY interested in learning how.

I'm currently running Mac OsX...[I've been a mac user for years]...[and Windoze 2000...but that is a computer that my college supplied]

I'm wondering what I will need to get started as far as hardware... as a student I can't afford to spend a lot of money buying a brand new computer....But there are lots of second hand computers for sale that are quite reasonable...

and i've also heard that it can be difficult to instal linux...

when I inquire about linux, either the people that I have asked have never used it before, or they aren't able to give me any straight answers to any of my questions [which leads me to believe that they don't use it very often]....

I noticed that a lot of people on AntiOnline use it...maybe you would also tell me why you like it...or why you don't.

thanks