[Shuie]

I rebuilt an old laptop today for a family member that wants a computer to play some online game. I used an old copy of XP pro that i had laying around and the key was rejected.

I want to try to load LINUX on it as the primary OS since its free. Machine has a P3 and 320MB of real memory so it should be fine. Whats the best/most stable/easiest to install LINUX distribution to work with? I dont need anything that is dual bootable. Ive dabbled with bootable LINUX CDs before, but this will be my first install so Im really looking for an easy to install distribution.

I also want to wipe windows completely off of the machine. Whenever I install LINUX, will it give the option of completely deleting the existing partition or do I need to run fdisk or something before I try to install it?

Any advice is appreciated