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Windows To Linux Migration

Windows Vs Linux 2
Beginning a Linux Installation
Before a person can install Linux, they'll need to be sure their machine is Linux capable, and choose a Linux to install.
Hardware requirements
What kind of system is needed to run Linux? The actual hardware requirements for the ideal computer system change periodically. For the Intel systems, a hardware configuration that looks like the following is required: Any 80x386, 80x486, Pentium or Pentium II processor will do. Non-Intel clones of the 80x386 and up will generally work. Users will not need a math co-processor, although it is nice to have one. The ISA, EISA, VESA Local Bus and PCI bus architectures are supported. The MCA bus architecture (found on IBM PS/2 machines) has been minimally supported since the 2.1.x kernels, but may not be ready for prime time yet. Users need at least 4 megabytes of memory in their machine. Technically, Linux will run with only 2 megabytes, but most installations and software require 4. The more memory a person has, the happier the user will be. I suggest an absolute minimum of 16 megabytes if they are planning to use X-Windows; but 64 megabytes is better. Of course, users will need a hard drive and an AT-standard drive controller. All MFM, RLL, and IDE drives and controllers should work. Many SCSI drives and adaptors are supported as well. If the user is assembling a system from scratch to run Linux, the small additional cost of SCSI is well worth it for the extra performance and reliability it brings. The user will want a CD-ROM drive; effectively all Linux distributions are now CD-ROM based.
Windows Vs Linux 3
If a person's machine was built in 1998 or later, they should be able to actually boot their Linux installer right off the CD-ROM without using a boot floppy. If their CD-ROM is ATAPI, SCSI, or true IDE then they should have no problem making it work. If their CD-ROM uses a proprietary interface card, it's possible the installation kernel they're going to...