I am not the most experienced of Linux users, deep down a am a Windows fanboy. However I have an old laptop that is generally useless with anything other than browsing the Internet or doing some basic work. It was never going to be a gaming machine so I figured Linux offers everything I need + it should perform better than XP.

I was going to upgrade to 8.xx (Hardy Heron) but I decided that was too boring and wanted to try something different. Now the thing with Linux is it is not like deciding should I do with Vista Home Premium? Ultimate? 32bit? 64bit? It can be a little more complex than that. Linux comes in many many many flavours (distributions) where basically there is a Linux operating system consisting of the Linux kernal + a bunch of software and libraries. Because Linux is free and open source people have a lot more freedom to do what they want with it, unlike MS where you can’t really do anything with it, certainly not repackage it with your own software than rebrand it!

I downloaded it via a Torrent, and as always with Linux distributions it was very fast, I think I downloaded it in 10 minutes. It runs from live CD so you can have a play around and decide if you like it before you even have to install it. I have a few minor issues with the live CD as I was using it on my laptop it did not have the advanced graphical features enabled, in fact it did not seem to like the graphics (FX Go 5200) at all and even the text on screen was difficult tor read.

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