I posted a similar comment to Linux Tag (and it seemed that it immediately crashed! am I jinxed?)
I have been trying to install Linux for months. The only partial success was when I did a Linux only install ( and IIRC the controlcenter would not work).
Having been lurking on many linux forums it has become obvious, even to me, that I am not alone in wanting to keep MS for some apps while using and learning Linux. (At least one of the books I borrowed from the library pointed out in no uncertain terms that in order to learn linux it was necessary to have linux working on ones' compter.)
And yet, and yet, the commercial linux offerings conspicuously fail to address this problem.
A number of people have pointed out that the best way is to have a seperate computer for Linux; very nice if you have the space and, especially, the money!
David McNabs' tutorial unfortunately does not cover this topic of dual booting (with MS).
Given that many of the comments that have appeared on Slashdot, Linux Tag, et al. have concerned the introduction of Linux to newbies, I hope that this problem will be solved soooon.
Please
Thank you.