OK, here goes. Using an Ubuntu Live CD right now to connect to this forum via Firefox, the browser which is native in the Ubuntu live CD.
Couple of observations, if I may.
- Downloading the .iso was the single most time consuming step, maybe 25 minutes ??? don't remember for sure, using a DSL connection.
- Used BurnCDCC from here to create the live CD, maybe 3 or 4 minutes.
- Restarted with the live CD in the tray, boot up was not fast, but not slower that WXP.
- Very nice feature is an option to connect or disconnect to the 'net using an icon at the top of the screen. Not available in SLAX before, might be now.
- The CD can serve as an installer or a live CD (for that read free external operating system).
- There is a way to boot it from a USB drive, haven't fixed that up yet, that's next.
- BE CAREFUL. Ubuntu ignores some of the file protections used by windows.
I like it, and started this thread to thank ishan_rulz for posting about it originally. The original thread, here, was shut down, and rightly so, by Hazelnut, so don't let's quarrel.
What it amounts to for me is that I now have another option in case old HAL here goes blooey. And maybe some advantages which are not available in WXP. Might be that everyone already knows about Ubuntu, but if not, its worth a look.