Wow!!! guys nice to hear 'll are interested on the open source... By the way Ubuntu is far more better workstation linux than anything that exist... for the newbie there a way to install it on your labtop..... http://wubi-installer.org/ Wubi ( windows installer for Ubuntu Linux) download it from the side i've mentioned... you don't even have to partition your drive... just follow the instruction... it installs as a software from the windows and creates a partion as a virtual folder in your windows.... So if you don't like it than you can go to windows uninstaller and uninstall it with out doing any thing wrong with your windows.. so let me tell you little bit of the procedure or you guys can google it if you want... right now Wubi doesnot support Vista... 1. First down load wubi-installer about 9 mb in size 2. double click the installer 3. it ask you where to install Ubuntu and username and password 4. After just few questions it starts downloading Ubuntu iso...... about 700mb in size 5.After the download is done... press a key to restart the computer.. 6. Now you'll see Windows + Ubuntu in the boot menu.. 7 select Ubuntu. 8. It starts installing itself ... just asking you couple of basic question 9. Now you are ready to go and try your best linux in the market 10. Everytime you want to run linux you have to boot the system and select Ubuntu in the boot menu... 11. and by the way if your don't like it anytime.. go to control panel n then add/remove and then you all windows so call fanatics know it........... ( Not many do that after working on your free open source, if you know what that mean) Thanks again guys...... i love it when you want open source.. Here is a sample destop of my Ubuntu