Ubuntu!

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Originally Posted by LockOut

This thread perked my interest as I have always been curious. I dont really use my laptop much except for surfing the net, some small torrents, and some photo editing. I have no complains about windows, but hey we all like to mess with stuff, its human nature. I ubuntu hard to put on a laptop? will i loose everything i have on here? Will i gain anything out of it?

I tried Ubuntu out for the same reasons you posted your questions. You can do a dual boot with windows or you can download a live CD and try it out by running off the CD. Expect it to run slow since you are running off a CD or thumb drive. Regardless, back up your stuff in case you take a wrong turn.

If you can handle torrents you can handle Ubuntu.

There are an enormous amount of resources for getting started with Ubuntu. The first place I would start is http://ubuntuforums.org.

Enjoy!