Linked by Phil Hall on Thu 5th Dec 2002 00:35 UTC
I'm a long-time Windows user, but for years I've been searching for an intelligent alternative. Macs are actually a great choice, but have you priced them lately? I don't have two grand to spend for another system. I had been reading all the hoopla surrounding Xandros Desktop for a number of months and decided to take the plunge. I had been burned two times previously trying to install other Linux distributions. Their tech support was non-existent. I'm essentially working in a vacuum. When something has gone wrong in the past, I've found that I was on my own. 
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Instead of tryng to make Linux look and feel like windows you might be better of just learning how to use a Unix-like system. Linux is the way to go. I just got a new IBM laptop and it came with XP pro. I tried it for a couple of days and hated it. Got Suse 8.1 on it now. Just dump the windows mindset and go for Linux. Tech support is available, but not the windows kind. Use the news groups it's free. Read the How-to's and learn about man and info. Most likely the information you are looking for is already installed on your system. You just need to learn how to find it. Start with man man from the command line. Do a search for the Linux document project. There is more info there then you need. While you're at it make a donation to the free software foundation.