Well......Not Quite.....
jonmcc33 said:
But the Linux community hatred towards Novell because of the Microsoft agreement is well documented:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell#Agreement_with_Microsoft ?
As well it should be. Er, both the hatred and the documentation.
jonmcc33 said:
Don't be a hater. It's all Linux in the long run. I bet you hate Xandros too don't you?
Actually I'm quite ambivalent towards Xandros, and Linux in general.
I do have a considerable animosity towards M$.
I'm all too willing to discuss the pros and cons of Novell's association with M$, but I actually think that such a discussion should include Vista & XP also, since my impression goes to M$'s ulterior motives in all this. However, I'm thinking that that discussion should have a thread of it's own.
This thread was not started by you or I, and we've managed to hijack it way off topic. With that thought in mind, I'm going to reanswer the original question forthwith, hoping we can get this back on track. Soooo......
corbett_1989 I think your problems may be with the 64 bit version of Windows and not with XP in general. People sometimes get frustrated and jump ship to Linux.
I'm for checking for hardware or BIOS problems before you write off Your XP Pro.
Failing that, a OEM copy of 32 bit XP Home might bring you Nirvana.
As for which distro of Linux might serve you best, all the most recent versions of the popular "brands" should do you proud. That gives you these
Open Suse
Ubuntu
Fedora 7
I have Ubuntu 7.10 installed, when I actually use it it works fine. I simply don't use any standard look to my XP desktops so it's pointless for me to evaluate Gnome vs KDE, I just don't care.
Open Suse has a fine reputation.
So does Fedora. Add Mandriva, and Knopix to round the selection out.
These are all FREE, so since you've been reinstalling Windows twice a week, why not download them all and give them each a try. Create a partition, install, play for a while, then wipe with the next distro. You are after all the person who needs to be happy, not us.