Quote - (markjensen @ Oct 22 2008, 21:17)

Linux (and Ubuntu, as a specific example) are very easy to install and set themselves up as dual-boot with whatever OS you currently have installed.
You can also use it as a LiveCD and run Linux only in memory to do some quick things, but if you are learning it as part of your classes, I would guess that a real install that you can modify and such would be a better option.
Yeah, one of the tutors said we don't need to install Linux at home, but I'm really interested in trying it. Think I'm going to install Ubuntu when 8.10 is released next week. Going to try installing Conky with it, that looks like a cool program. Thanks for the reply

I'm sure you'll see me posting help topics when I've installed it.
(Sorry to go slightly off topic)