The message 548741005022813403c109240@mail.gmail.com from Tim Green timothy.j.green@gmail.com contains these words:
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:01:44 -0000, Simon Marden simon.marden@squeezeyourmind.co.uk wrote:
Basically need. I need a server OS capable of doing what Linux does, but my desktop/laptop machines came with Windows on. Seems pointless to wipe and reload when Windows does the job.
No need to wipe and reload - you can start by using Thunderbird for email, Open Office for word processing, etc. Those and many more lovely open source applications to ease you off your Microsoft dependencies.
Maybe you could setup a 2nd PC on your desktop running Linux, and use a little VNC magic to allow the input focus to be controlled from one physical keyboard and mouse (the mouse pointer warps from the edge of one screen to the edge of the next).
Or use a boot mangler - either a Linux one or a DOS/Windows one, and then you can have both on the same box. ATM I have Bootmagic. (From Partition Magic)