Alright, I've been playing around with Linux on and off for awhile now and have decided to really get into it. What I'm looking for is a fairly easy to start with distro that will install on a desktop hard drive. With partitioning and dual boot features as well.

My System:
AMD Athlon X2 4000+
ATI XT All-In-Wonder
MSI K9MM-V AM2 VIA K8M800 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

I've been really looking at Ubunto and any suggestions will be really appreciated.

Hi there,

I would encourage you getting serious with Linux. But be careful - it might become the focal point of your life - like mine

I do not know the reason why you want to install Linux on the hard drive when you can use a live cd instead.

Anyway if you wanna start with something simple I may recomend Mandivra - very simple - one place to configure it all. Debian is 'the' best - however you need to wait until you are familliar with the command line.

Another good one is Suse - go for it if you want good graphics. The 3-D graphics that Suse provides (not to mention KDE4) is worth looking at

Ubuntu is not bad for getting your feet wet. After a while, you'll probably want to move on to a more specialized distro that suits your interests better. Or not. That's the beauty of Linux; it can be whatever you want.

I'd vote for "Kubuntu" instead; I like KDE more than GNOME. A gnome belongs in the garden, not on the dekstop.