If by "direct" you mean "with no router", then yes. You will need an Ethernet crossover cable, and to manually configure the Ethernet IP address. Set one as 192.168.0.1 and the other as 192.168.0.2. Set the default gateway to the other computer's IP address. You will then just need to set up file sharing services like Samba or NFS, and you can transfer files between them.
Windows XP is not in the direct upgrade path of Red Hat Linux 8.0. If you want to install Windows XP on a computer / server with RHL, you need to check the hardware specifications to see if Windows XP supports it.
Microsoft does not make a messenger for Linux. However, several Linux clients can connect to the Windows Live Messenger network, such as Pidgin, Kopete, and aMSN.
Windows and Linux use device letters to identify each storage device on a computer.
Mac, Windows, and Linux.
yes
instead of windows you can have linux or mac. they are different, but you will know whats best for you when you try them, linux is free to download.but you need an operating system (windows, mac, linux or any other OS) for the computer to work
A Linux, Windows, or a Macintosh.
If by computer systems you mean operating systems, then: 1) Windows 2) Macintosh 3) Linux
There are no wild computer viruses that affect Linux. Oh wait, there was RST.b. If you need to, you can run certain windows viruses under Linux with wine.
Yes, you can. It's called dualbooting. I guess with Linux you mean a Linux Distribution like Ubuntu? Check the related link if you want to know how.
It all depends on what you want to do with your computer.
Windows, mac, linux