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Yes you can, so long as you only shrink your vista partition and do not touch the extra partition you will still be able to use the media capabilites. I have triboot on this laptop (3 distros of linux and toshiba's media center) all working properly. I would recommend grub for this setup instead of lilo just bc its ease of learning. gl!
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You can, the below answer is pretty good. Also, if you don't care about Vista (which I personally do not), Dell now sells systems with Ubuntu Linux pre-loaded (and even includes support). Just go to Dell's website, and look for a link that says "Open Source PC's" on the left-hand menu (I think the left-hand menu is only there after you start browsing through computers).
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