Using Linux Cinnamon Mint 17.1 right now. Best OS I have ever used. And it’s running on half the hardware of my windoze boxes and is still faster.
Everything works. You should give it a try. I cobbled this pc together out of spare parts and it blows windoze away.
i.e. My linux box only has a single 64-bit Athlon, 2gb RAM and does circles around my dual-proc 4gb RAM windoze boxes.
sounds like fun.
i’ve used linux off and on professionally since the early to mid 90s.
Will see about getting a copy.