the world, or part of it

I am having a few problems with Windows XP, but nothing I can’t quickly finish. Even though it is the small quirks I need to work out, I began to wonder what it was like on the other side. No, I’m not considering getting a Mac (which wouldnt be a bad idea); it is Linux that I’m talking about.

While I was pondering switching from Windows to the friendly penguin that isnt used by too many people, I thought of the work that I’d have to put in configuring a new OS. I don’t really have that much time these days and having to back up my current files and enable Linux did not seem that appealing. But as I did some research, I found that it doesn’t need to be that complicated. The option of the Live CD, which I have only heard of a few times, is quite magnificent. I can easily download the Linux files from somewhere like Gnoppix, put them to a CD, and reboot my computer with the CD in it. Gnoppix wont touch the current files on the computer and wont lay a finger on my hard drive.

I currently have the files downloading on another computer. I chose to put in on the computer that is not really used in my house, so if anything goes wrong, there wont be a serious problem. I’ll have to give a full review of my Linux experiences whenever I feel that it has made a decent impression on me. From what I have read, Linux has a lot of support from the small amount of users and, because of the small user base, doesn’t have the viruses that us XP users are all to familiar. Could this be the start of something big for my computer uses, or will it be yet another test I perform with all of this technology out there?