Talk about a timely thread! Thanks for posting this. I am just so sick and tired of Vista and the Microsoft mindset.

Hardly a day goes by but Vista informs me that a system file has been modified and then it shuts me out of my computer. So far, a reboot sorts the issue but I feel that it is only a matter of time before I am locked out permanently. This is just outrageous, but then I am sure many reading this will know what I mean.

I have spent the past few weeks trying out Linux Live CD’s, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandrive, SuSE and the like. At the moment I am daunted by the prospect of partitioning and dual booting – a process I know from experience to be fraught with potential for problems.

Wubi could be the interim solution I need in getting me up and running with Linux while keeping access to Windows apps until such time as I have investigated the Linux alternatives. Reading the Wubi faq’s, you can use LVPM to move the virtual file to a dedicated partition whenever you wish so I can take my time over that.

I shall get stuck in this evening.

Thanks again for what I know is not strictly an IT matter but just so useful in the broader scheme of things Linux.