David B Teague wrote:
>
> Thanks for the words of encouragement, Web Kracked and Terrence. I
> will need to fetch drivers and invest in a video card, but that's easy
> enough.
>
> I am presently running a version of XP that does not require the OS to
> call home. i.e. I can avoid activation, and I truly will hate to give
> that up, but XP support at the University will go away in the next
> couple of years, so I'll either have to switch to some version of
> Linux or go to W-7.
>
> With Warmest Regards
> David Teague
>
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Although I have put Windows 7 on the laptop my wife bought me because it
couldn't be any worse than Vista, on my desk top I'm using Ubuntu Linux.
Of the two, Windows or Linux I think that you would be better off trying
Ubuntu or some other flavour of Linux that might be more suited to your
requirements when support for XP finally expires.
Terry W
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