Linspire/Lindows
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You can also try this google search
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just to give you a heads up, another thing you can try is SuSE linux. i've had success with that version reconizing every single wireless card i've thrown at it. The current version of suse is offered by Novell, but you can download the previous version for free (9.1 personal). The 9.1 personal version basically has all the support of windows driverwise (it also has worked with every graphics card and printer i've also thrown at it) and you can get updates for it for free. You can also go with the Fedora route, but i've found Fedora to be buggy and crash-prone. And and if you have a 64bit AMD chip, things get more interesting, because the versions of linux out for the 64 bit chips are still taking thier baby steps (in other words they crash). So if i were you, i'd download the free version of SuSE, because i've found that to be the most stable and has the most support for devices.
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I've found most of all linux systems to be buggy and crash-prone.
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Generally I agree with you Nick particularly on the GUI side of things. It seems to me that what was really good 4-5 years ago is still the best today where as the crappy stuff then is still crappy today. As a server though Linux excels and I've had extremely good luck with it there. Linux does have it's limitations...I found out almost a month ago that the uptime on a system rolls over at 500 days
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Just poking a little fun. I would definately say I have not done the most "average" stuff with my systems though, and sometimes what I expect out of a system just cannot be fulfilled by any flavor of linux.
However, I do have to admit, firing up a good java development machine is a hell of a lot easier using linux.
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