Haven't tried Linux yet?

[Guest rct_uk]

There are lots of distributions available of Linux. One of them that is geared towards the more inexperienced Linux user is Linspire. It's usually $49.95 but until 6th September, they're giving away for free: http://info.linspire.com/freespire/index.html

It's worth a look and is very polished compared to some of the more popular distros.

:)

[Guest fraser]

It's usually $49.95 but until 6th September, they're giving away for free: http://info.linspire.com/freespire/index.html

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Hmm, there are numerous linux distros that are always free. "Suse" and "Fedora" seem to be top of most peoples lists right now, but I sticks with what I knowns; Debian.

[Guest rct_uk]

Hmm, there are numerous linux distros that are always free. "Suse" and "Fedora" seem to be top of most peoples lists right now, but I sticks with what I knowns; Debian.

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It's actually Debian based! In any case, if you're used to Linux, this distro probably isn't for you. It's been built with a lot of hand-holding to help out windows users making the switch. Just about every package has been customised by Linspire, hence the cost.

[Guest mupwangle]

Was Linspire not previously Lindows (before Microsoft sued them!)

It was a project to make Linux as close to windows as possible.

[Guest confused and hungover]

this looks pretty interesting, been downloading it for the best part of 6 hours! they have a very slow server and i can't run BT software from work :o we're gonna load it up onto a test pc later....

[Guest Hax]

Was Linspire not previously Lindows (before Microsoft sued them!)

It was a project to make Linux as close to windows as possible.

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Yup - that's correct...