>>I see where Dell is getting ready to deliver their Open-Source PC's based on Ubuntu.
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>>A very nice Distro.
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>>There is another up and coming upstart distro, which I find even better and easier to use... called PCLINUXOS... at www.pclinuxos.com
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>>Download it, burn it to a CD, and install it as a dualboot system (but backup your data FIRST!!). Then you will have a dualboot Windows - Linux system. (Let me emphasize again... BACK UP YOUR DATA... if you do this. Heck, I'd back up my data if I was upgrading to Vista!!).
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>>Yes, it doesn't do EVERYTHING you have in Windows, but by this time next year, that may be a moot point. It does about everything I need, and it's FREE. Oh, did I mention, it is an out-of-the-box experience? You won't need to download anything to be productive right after the install...
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>I think you are correct in stating that PCLinuxOS is better and easier to use. I tried Ubuntu (after reading about it from your previous post) and it was a PITA to intall onto a hard disk. PCLinusOS definitely got it right by putting an icon on the desktop to painlessly allow you to install it to the hard disk.
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>BTW, love the screen savers that come with PCLinuxOS :)
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>Mike

My only problem is, I can't get the Beryl 3DDesktop to work with my crappy ATI Radeon Express 200 chipset.... crash city. Otherwise... wow!

And, I set up VMWare Server on it, and installed my XP on it in a Virtual Machine... works even FASTER there, than natively... can you believe that???? Now I am setting up other Distros in VMWare Server for testing purposes.... so sooon... Windows XP will be gone as a dual boot on that PC!