Ubuntu

[mick]

After many crashes and blue screens on my old desktop I have decided to take the plunge and give Windows the flick.... well almost I installed Ubuntu (linux OS) on a second hard drive and have dual boot with XP on the other drive, it's been a steep learning curve but I think will be worthwhile. I am planning to buy an Asus Eee (uses linux) later in the year as I want a super light weight computer for overseas travel later this year. I would be interested in hearing from any other users of Linux based operating systems.

[Psyber]

I've played with Linux in various forms for about 5 years, and in the end had to go back to Microsoft for practical purposes.
However, as APC magazine reported in the July edition, with Ubuntu 8.10 [Hardy Heron] it appears that the Ubuntu distribution, at least, has reached the point where it really can replace Windows. With WINE it appears to be able to run many Windows programmes, and can now read and write to Windows FAT and NTFS partitions. APC say it can now do almost everything Vista does, but better.

I am about to set up that version as a dual boot on my wife's machine, and play around witha dual boot of the KDE 4 beta on mine.
My machine does not hold anything critical like photos etc. and is the one used for experimental and slightly riskier stuff.