If you were able to access the Windows PC (XP Pro) from the Linux PC, then you should be alright. But for me, it may be a different issue mine being XP Home.
I’m not going to convert the machine in the basement from Windows 2000 to Linux because I use it for copying music from tapes and a turntable. I’ve tried that with Ubuntu and Audacity (the music editor I use) doesn’t work under the circumstances (It doesn’t recognize the signal).
A buddy has some old PC’s he’s trying to unload so I’ll check with him. But first I want to check into hardware requirements for PCLinuxOS; especially RAM requirements. His PC’s may not fit the bill.
Putting my LP's into digital format is the whole reason I got into linux in the first place! I was tired of trying demo (crippled) windows versions of music recorders/editors, and I was too broke to buy one. So I got wind of some open source programs that worked on linux (also free), and away I went. I bought a preamp to hook my turntable to the soundcard inputs, and finally settled on Audacity for recording/editing, and GWC (Gnome Wave Cleaner) for removing pops and noise. I think I was using something like Mandrake 7.2 at the time, so it was a bit of a chore to get it all working. Nowadays I imagine it would be a lot easier, although like I said before, Ubuntu has always given me problems.