"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:52:41 -0000, "thunder"
wrote:

Look, Linux may not be for everyone, but it has come a long way, and is
quite serviceable. Try a live CD. It's free, so no harm. Bear in mind,
it will be slower than if it was on your hard drive, but it will show you
some of Linux's capabilities.

Thanks - that was very informative.

I have a spare computer in the office that is just sitting there doing
nothing so I'll give it a shot.

Sounds like a fun winter project early in the morning when I'm half
intelligent. :)

That's dangerous. You'll get it running successfully when you're half awake,
but then you won't remember how.