Definitely a good decision considering Vista's still in it's infancy. I do think XP will be a more stable operating system than it however, at least for quite a while yet...
I too would like to try out Linux but, I get into enough trouble as it is. Thank God you guys are here. But I think that it would be a logistical mess trying to find hardware and software not to mention enough tech support to have Linux as the OS of choice, at least that how I see it. What do you think?
I appreciate that it's a free alternative, and has plenty of useful apps already built in, all of which are free/open source, that's nice. But, there are a couple of things that have driven me away each time and they're to do with software and ease of use (I don't like the GUI either, I think it looks rubbish).
You can't just install Linux and get on with it, even the most basic of tasks require you to input commands, which seems to me to be a big hassle. It's a learning process, one day I may undertake it as a small project, then when I'm completely comfortable with it I may consider switching. Until that day comes, I'm more than happy to stick with familiar old Windows.
My recommendation for you? By a Linux book, or two, read it/them closely and put the things you learn into practice. Dual boot and/or use Windows as your everyday OS, or you could even run Linux virtually, whichever you prefer. (I'd go with the latter, if I had enough
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and will be able to #%#&*-up the way I really want to as long as you people are still willing to help me out. I guess in the end we all would like to try new things but, because of time constraints we only do what we are sure we can get away with.I really want to Thank You for your input on this. You seem to have a good handle on what we can and cannot do. As far as Virtual goes, well I already use "Sandbowie", a virtual player in XP for when I am unsure of a site and it's contents. It doesn't take as much power as I thought it would and you just dump the contents of the box when you're done. Again Thank You for your insights.
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