[Ham-Computers] Re Lenux

[Jim Isbell]

I have wanted to put Linux on my machine for a long time but run into 
the problem that, because I am running XP (the ONLY MS OS that is worth 
having), I cannot change unless I start over from scratch with a clean 
HD because the Linux has to be installed BEFORE the XP.  

I am not ready to give up XP until I see that Linux will run all my 
applications.

What is needed is a Linux that will install over XP or after XP, but I 
think that XP controls that function and I imagine Uncle Bill will make 
sure that no such version of HIS OS will never surface.