[Tarpon]

YEah, I am in that camp, probably for the same reason. I just loaded up CrunchBang(#!) Linux, a real lightweight Ubuntu derivative design and it works well on older PCs.

I also tried out Ubuntu ‘netbook remix’ and it was nothing special.

I refuse to put my files online.

[Mr. K]

" ...I just loaded up CrunchBang(#!) Linux, a real lightweight Ubuntu derivative"...;

if you understand that sentence then you probably are incapable of understanding why Linux has failed to replace windows.