Will this be the Windows killer? (adware from Microsoft)

[Simon]

Originally Posted by chris01282

been thinking about replacing windows with a Lunix style system for a while now, so what distro would you recommend for a beginner willing to experiment like me?

As another Mac user, my suggestion would be like Cleo's, since you can use Parallels to run multiple versions of *nix systems alongside the Mac OS and you can be running Windows XP too if you want. All part of the 'virtual machine' concept (in its original meaning).

But maybe if you post what hardware you're using (or want to be using), someone else can give you some non-Mac suggestions.