I don't have near the experience that the others here do, but as a
winblows power user.

I downloaded my first live cd about a year ago, and now have it on 2.5
of my 4 computers (one has a bad hard disk and needs special help, but
thanks to linux, I just gotta decide how I'm gonna approach it. I've
allready tried a couple distros that were beyond my expertise.

I can't say that I haven't had my trials and tribulations, actually, I
can't say I hvae had an install run perfectly yet. But I am working
with some outdated, screwy hardware ---that was worthless with winblows.

My only regrets have been that my main computer won't run the live
cd's for some reason, and I can't talk my hubby into letting me dual
boot. BUT, he's about ready to just wipe xp away - - one more
trojan......