chaos
The Boss
Maxon said:OK thanks, guys. I plan to set up a dual-boot and play around with it and see how it compares to XP.
To be honest with you, it doens't really compare. It's a completely different ball game, so I believe you can only say how you like / hate it after a while.
The good things of Linux is its stability and security. There are few and reasonably difficult to get viruses. You won't need to reformat and re-install linux every so often because you're computer is getting slower by the day. It is pretty reliable (I had a server runing for several years without having to reboot it not even once!).