Hi, i have decided to switch from Vista to Linux on my Sony Vaio and wanted to know the best way to do it.

Basically i want to set my laptop like this because i want to get involved with wireless security testing.

I am thinking about taking the Backtrack wifu course
http://www.offensive-security.com/on...backtrack-wifu.

Now obviously it seems i will need Backtrack, so what is the correct way to go about installing? Should i try and purchase a cd to install or is there better ways?

Cannot wait to move away from Vista. I think it has been making me ill. ps.. i also want to learn BASH and Perl, so that is basically going to be the setup.

any advice gratefully received.
~Rap

you can download, burn and than boot from backtrack cd without installing

Download Backtrack and Install it on Hard disk.make vista and backtrack dual boot. For installation guide,search on google. For Bash scripting look at http://www.tldp.org/guides.html and for perl look at http://www.perl.org/learn.html
for more study material search on google.

Thank you, Dual boot Vista/Backtrack it is.

Hope its ok to come back if i need help with setting up wireless.
thanks. ~Rap