i, just like you was fed up with windows and looked into linux. after much reading and thought, i decided to give it a go and dual boot with Mandrake 7.2. let me tell you it was ever so simple. as long as you get partioning etc. it is simple. i can't say that i aren't having any problems with linux though. i cannot get my internet up. i know how but am to newbie to do so. oh well....