Quote Originally Posted by toxic View Post
Linux isn't that hard to use. There are beginner distros that are as user friendly and all out GUI as it gets.Linux Mint is a great distro for beginners
Quote Originally Posted by toxic View Post
plus you can just try it out easily with live media, you can boot it from a usb drive or a dvd and use it for a bit without installing anything on your computer
good to know
Quote Originally Posted by Warrior View Post
You got 2 decent alternatives, Linux Mint and ReactOS.

ReactOS is not a linux distro, it is a built from the ground up open source OS that is designed to run windows programs natively.



yup.



See the previous.



Naw, no overreacting here.

Just not ignorant about how microsoft thinks it can do as it pleases to the general user.
going to look into both as an alternative to MS. win 7 was a great upgrade from xp. I know MS will discontinue support for 7 just like they did xp and they'll probably be doing it in the near future so having an alternative would be a good idea.