Linux????

You may want to consider trying out a few live for cd distros first to see what Linux actually looks like. Or you can learn how to setup a dual boot with one of the easier distros to learn before dumping Window entirely.

This is due to Linux being primarily being based on the old UNIX platform while still being an open source free OS. The Linux tools however like GParted and memtest seem to work better then the MS ones. One reason MS slapped memtest in along with their repair tools section of the Vista installation disk.
 
i think Ubuntu distribution is the best linux come up with
but saying that it can become a pain while trying to find plugins and decent p2p clients
 
If you are accustomed to running virtual machines it's not bad even while there is now a good deal of cross platform being seen for MS type games and apps. First you have to get familiar with the bash commands and console similar to learning dos but having the "C:\folder" reversed to some degree like "menu.lst/folder/root/HDa1".
 
If you use a laptop stick with windows. I tried to install about 7 different distros on my good spec'd acer laptop, none of them worked right. I tried to install one on a desktop and absolutely no problem. Funny thing is, the laptop is about 5 times as powerful.
 
I have tried two Linux operating systems and I like Ubuntu 7.10 32-bit version and openSuse 32-bit 10.3. I did not like Ubuntu 7.10 64-bit version as software driver issues were a big concern.

If you are going to try a Linux operating system backup all the data you want to keep and go 32-bit. Stay away from the 64-bit Linux. I think openSuse 10.3 is more simple than Ubuntu 7.10. My big complaint with Linux is Direct-X is incompatible with it so your video games will not work. For browsing the internet Linux is far better as it is so much more secure than Windows.
 
First of all don't expect much for gaming out of Linux since most games are MS to begin with. Besides Direct X for 3D rendering and effects like EAX and OpenAL don't OpenGL as the other thing used often.

As for browsing online your ISP has to be able to provide Linux drivers. That's one thing not seen for dsl here. Plus you manually have to configure things while IE and OE or Windows Mail as it is called in Vista simply requires a user name and password and a few setting according the ISP's instructions for the most part. IF with a big if you can.
 
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