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Originally posted by Joeaksa
Thom,

How long have you been using Linux? How long did it take you to get used to it? Any app problems? Works on laptops as well as desktops?

Have heard that it works really well on older machines and newer stuff is very fast.

I have really been leaning towards making the switch. Using W2000 and like it but jeez they leave too many holes open for me. Have heard that some laptops have device driver issues. Am running a Dell so common enough I would hope.

BTW, thanks for the video help last month. Works great!

Joe A

Thom is a UNIX admin/god/guru/whatever, so I'm guessing that he's been playing with Linux for a long time. I work with a couple of guys that use it at home. One of them recently killed Windows XP in his dual boot machine because he realized that he hadn't needed to get into Windows in a long time.

I'd definitely recommend getting off of Win2K.

Search the net for the specific model of laptop that you have and linux and you'll undoubtedly find out if it'll support Linux or not and how well/easily. The guy that I work with has a Dell Lattitude C840 and has it running Linux and Mac OS X and they work well.

I've tinkered with Linux a few times in the past, it's not really that hard to use especially if you are willing to put in a little time to learn a little more than "just enough", but these days it's gotten to be much, much more easy to install and use than it used to be.