PHP is quite hardly crap, seriously. I've seen sooooo many worse languages out there (perl being one of them) that it's not funny.

As a programmer, I've had experience with a TON of languages and...

I believe the thread that was referred to (since it wasn't actually ever linked;)) is this one (http://www.linux-talk.org/index.php/topic,16.0.html).

While this deals with redhat (Centos, RHEL,...

There's a second way to do this, depending on the WM that starts up.
Usually, you'll see something like an options (or preferences) menu when you login. In most cases, you can change your Window...

Tried it, took it off my system within 24 hours
Linspire tries, but it doesn't even come close to performing fully as I expected it to. Problems had varied from kernel issues to pcmcia cards not...

Unless you've modified your partition scheme for your hard drive, you will need to do so, in order to keep both OS versions on your system. You need something like Partition magic to do so . Once you...

That's different. WinXP wasn't damaged, grub didn't install successfully.
It IS possible to reload the Windows XP boot settings from the CD (in repair mode), so nothing's damaged, but few realize...

One way to fix this is to restart with the boot cd and repair the installation. I believe one of the options is to reinstall grub. If not, you'll need to reinstall, choosing to overwrite the MBR....

Viruses for Linux? Nope, not at all. Trojans for Linux? you bet your tail. There's enough trojan horses for linux to, well, to make people wonder, really ;)

There's really no need for an AV...

NTFS and Fat32 shouldn't be written to under the Linux FS anyways, as they're not exactly linux native FS systems. While it CAN be done (as you mentioned, root can do anything), it shouldn't be done,...

That's true to a minor degree, but not fully so.
Linux (through cedega) has the availability to play numerous games such as diablo 2 , World of Warcraft and a good number more (found at...

At this point, any version of linux would be decent for "gaming" providing you had the cedega (http://www.transgaming.com) package (commercial) that works. For the most part, you'll probably want...

If your system doesn't come with the compilers, then install them. it's not that hard to do. All you need is the GCC package, gcc-devel, and any dependencies, and you're set.

If your drake distro...

The question of "which Linux" is specifically related to what you want to use it for. For example, if you want a server (nothing else), then go with stripped down redhat. If you want a home system,...

And if you read that the Eifel tower was made of cheese would you believe that too?

The fact is that no, grub does NOT affect WindowsXP at all. In fact, no "boot loader" affects XP. A boot loader...