Quote Originally Posted by Snootch
*nix is easy. Ubuntu (and most other distributions) is cool because you can use a "Live CD" to try it out. You just download the image, burn it onto a CD and it makes it bootable, so you can try out the OS without making any permanent changes to your system.

Which reminds me, I need to try out the OpenSolaris Live CD sometime ...
really? i didnt know this! I must set aside some time then!