Quote Originally Posted by benbaaa View Post
I think that now my XP is running fast and smooth it'd be pretty stupid of me to fuck it all up with ubuntu, especially since every other post on this thread is CMN saying how do I do that? or I can only seem to do that if I switch back to Windows...
You can try GNU/Linux without fucking anything on your computer by simply booting on a LiveCD.

1. You will know if your hardware is compatible.
2. If you don't like it just reboot, take off the CD and you will be on XP again.

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