...Personal on my computer. I already have Windows XP and I heard yesterday that having the two together on the same computer is going to cause a lot of problems. Something about Microsoft having to be the 'top dog' and that any partition I make (I'm using Partition Magic) isn't free of Windows XP. Is any or all of that true?
The person I was speaking with (who uses RedHat 7.2) said that I should format my hard drive and put in RedHat 7.3 and then install Windows (because RedHat doesn't have the same top-dog mentality of M$). Can I do that? He said to install Windows 95 and upgrade to XP. One problem is I only have the full version of XP, not the upgrade, and I don't have Windows 95. What do I do?
I was also told that RedHat 7.3 (or Linux in general) can emulate Windows, so I could still use software made for Windows (Civilization III for me). Is that true?
He also stated that there are no sound drivers for Linux. Is that true? It seems a little hard to believe. I really don't want to have to buy new hardware for my computer...
Lastly: How do I format my hard drive? My coworker said to go under 'Run' in XP and type 'cmd'. I did and I get something that looks like DOS. I just don't know what to do next? Any ideas and suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
