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Hello All,
Just thought that i would put my two cents in about dual booting “linux ubuntu” It would seem that ubuntu is not for “noobs”I have given this a somewhat fair try, (only about a week and many,many hours) but almost every thing that i have tried resulted in less than stunning success! (Good thing i backed up both hard drives) “Ubuntu start screen (when you stand back from the screen a bit looks like a profile of a “screaming skull”) very creepy! should have taken that as a warning of things to come.Seems to me that even in the “absolute Beginner” forum the replies are in Command prompt “geek speak” on the main forums they seem to take great delight in going on and on comparing command prompt posts! Ubuntu has a dedicated following of masochistic “true believers” Fellow noobs take my advice stay away from this!Take your lumps with XP, Vista , or 7. If you want specifics, post back and i’ll fill you in with all the gory details.Bottom line “it ain’t worth it” (free software) Gladly spend a few $$ for a out of the box working system. Regards PlainFred

I can appreciate your frustration in learning from Ubuntu, I would like to second the recommendation that you try Linux Mint. I have been using Mint’s standard edition for the last three development cycles and each one is sweeter. It is the most usable and friendly [recognizing your hardware] “out of the box” that I have found. Do give it a try, I believe that you will be pleased.