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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Aside - had a look at a 9.04 Ubuntu
distribution a few days ago and was very impressed - got the ISO and burnt to a
CD. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Can boot from the CD drive and run
it. Can install as like a virtual HD partition in the Windows file system
(WUBI) and boot either Windows or Ubuntu.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>What impressed me was:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Slick and polished.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Easy to find all the stuff - as easy
to use as Windows/Mac, rather liked the default of different start points at all
4 corners of the screen rather than everything from one start button and complex
menu.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Recognised ethernet and wireless
connections immediately</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Task manager is very nice - moves
continuously not once a second like windows.</FONT></DIV>Could browse the NTFS
HD</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Contained email program, Browser
(Firefox), and Office (Open Office), graphics (GIMP) and
more...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>How they fit all of that onto one
CD really impressed me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Maybe time to experiment with Lazarus
- now all I need is some spare time!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>John</DIV></BODY></HTML>