[Severa]

I'm with you, I just started using Linux distros for the first time during the kids Christmas break. So far on my system (Intel Pentium 4 - 3GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HD, NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, HP PSC 1350 all-in-one printer) I've tried Ubuntu, Suse, MEPIS, Linux Mint, and Fedora. I'm sticking with Ubuntu for now because it works for what I need - basic websurfing, email, and running my business (I'm an AVON lady)

I've had a blast trying out the different distros. If I get bored I just grab a LiveCD of another one and clean install, restore my pics/documents (saved onto a CD-R) and my music (saved to a DVD-R) and away I go.

[doc1019]

If you really get bored try Vista … greatest POS yet from the Mickey Dees of OS’s.

[DaGman]

But I still have a dual boot with XP on my laptop because there are some things for which there is no suitable (for me) substitute in the Ubuntu repositories. I have to have MS Streets & Trips and my Quickbooks. I still keep my “official” email and calendar in my Outlook but use Evolution and keep the messages on the server until the next time I start Outlook, which can be days at a time. But I was able to also write a complete business case for a client complete with financials in the Open Office 2.2 Calc (Excel equivalent), a 30 page document in Open Office Writer and associated presentation in Impress (Powerpoint equivalent). Of course I exported it all to MS Office for the client, but I just wanted to see how well Open Office on Linux worked in a business environment and it worked very well.

Ubuntu, Linux and the free software movement is coming along very nicely.