Reply #19: I don't know

[ironflange]

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One thing I haven't figured out is how to make wine work properly. If it runs those two things nicely I may never go back to Windoze. OpenOffice works great in Linux, even on this rather marginal Dell laptop.

FWIW, there's a nauseatingly easy way to turn an XP machine into a dual-boot, if you're interested in ubuntu and its various flavors:

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Debian-Ubuntu-Windows-Installer-45804.shtml

I started to do Debian, but it scared me off. I installed Kubuntu with it, though, and it's slicker than owl shit! Run the thing, answer a few questions, and let it work away for a while. It installs into a virtual disk, so it's simple to remove again, in the unlikely event you still like XP better than Linux.