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Originally Posted by _simon_
Ubuntu is lighter weight than XP but depending on your laptop you might want to look at Xubuntu which is even lighter. As mentioned there is a learning curve so you have to be prepared to put in some time and effort to get to know it.
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Xubuntu sounds even more intriguing. I definitely need to raise my Linux knowledge. I have a novice understanding already, but that was learned from Knoppix boot discs and hacking my TiVo.
I'm only planning to do basic stuff on it:-
- Email (Thunderbird)
- Web (Firefox)
- Word/Excel documents handling (???)
- Making a VPN connection (???)
- A VNC viewer (???)
- An IM client like Trillian (Y!,AIM,MSN compatible) (???)
If I can surf, email, IM, handle basic MSOffice docs and VNC over VPN, that'll do me.