Some day I will totally convert - right now I have a dual boot system on my desktop and Linux Mepis alone on my laptop.
I change it over to Ubuntu or Kubuntu once in awhile.
Those were the first 2 Linux OS I tried years ago.

I have Quicken that I really like and that is the main reason I have stayed with Windows XP . Haven't found a comparable free program like it.

I haven't needed to upgrade to Vista or 7 for anything.

Hello,
Having a Dell 2400 and a Dell workstation I could be tempted to convert the work station if this is Dummy's friendly. I'm running Firefox and IE 7 on this 2400

There is a Linux program called Wine. It is an Application Layer Gateway. Wine Is Not an Emulator. (wine... get it) I run several legacy apps in wine it works fine. Quicken is on the list of Apps. You can also run Windows XP in a Vbox inside Linux and run Quicken that way. That's how I run Macromedia Freehand and Corel Draw.

I tried to figure WINE out a few yrs ago. Couldn't figure it out or how to install it.
Got tired of fiddling with it and reinstalled XP.

I was having a lot of XP crashes then, mostly due to free or no security programs back then..& downloading , testing things..
Learned my lesson.
Now I have a full internet security suite and all good for over a yr now.

I do full back ups on external HD every so often, I guess I'll keep using XP til I can't use it anymore LOL.

It is fun to play around on the Linux OS distros they are so customizable.

Well.. how funny,
I had ordered a free Kubutu 9.10 Live CD a months ago and it arrived today.
So I have been installing and setting it up on my second hd as a dual boot system.

I always have to edit the boot menu, sine we use auto start up and mostly use windows.
new Linux installs always put linux as the default boot up.
found a boot start up manager so it is much simpler to set the OS you want to start up first and the time delay for making a choice if you want to.

have to download all the updates tomorrow, might take awhile, then I can play more with it.

I must say I am impressed with Windows7, Vista was rubbish and lasted 4 mins on my machine. XP for me was fairly crash free, but the coding in Windows7 is better IMO, and runs my old machine smoother.

I've been using a PC for 20 years. I wanted a Mac for 10 of them. Well I finally bought my Mac, and I do love it. But *now* Microsoft comes out with a decent version of Windows? Do I have good timing or what?

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