NCAAbbs

Thinking about Linux? This should help you reach a conclusion. Something along the lines of... "why haven't I installed it yet??"

Full desktop view:
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IM folks? How about GAIM.. ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, AIM, IRC, and more -- all in one:
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Use Winamp? XMMS is a winamp port to Linux. It even uses current "classic winamp" skins:
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Want to install or remove software? Need to setup a firewall? Do it all from Mandrake Control Center. An easy to use popwerhouse.
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Beefed up IRC clients? Check.
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Not only can you setup your machine to boot so that you choose which OS (Windows//Linux) to run.. but if you're on linux, you can fully use, modify, monitor, and change the Windows portion of the hard drive.
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The BASH Shell -- the heart of Linux (read what I typed in this screenshot)
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Video anyone? Yes, DivX, XviD, and everything you could imagine is a breeze.
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Extra goodies? Even SETI@Home? Yup.
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Photo editing? Try GIMP. Yes, it even uses photoshop files.
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Extra Credit:

Addicted to a Windows program?

You can run it on Linux using Windows OS files -- and often times FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT!

Wine: The windows emulator
http://www.winehq.com

RED HAT! RED HAT! RED HAT! RED HAT! have you looked at RH 9 swag?

Bah. Mandrake is more user friendly.

I'm installing Mandrake 9.1 partitioned with Windows XP tomorrow.

user friendly? Red Hat is better man. IMHO anyway

Downloading Mandrake 9.1 as we speak (at a healthy 180K/s, too!)