And the instructions, oy, don't get me started on the instructions. They always go something like this:

Open a Terminal.
Type xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and press Enter
This will bring up such-and-such
click on the "do this thing" box.

There is nothing at all that tells you, if you type xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and press Enter and it DOES NOT bring up such-and-such, what to do. Which is far more often the case than it actually working as it says on the tin.

Maybe I'll reformat my HDD for XP, and then boot Linux from a bootable CD. Then if I ever need XP it will be there, and can run Linux most of the time simply by not removing the CD. Or maybe I'll just give the whole thing the heave-ho because I don't have the kind of time it clearly takes to climb the learning cliff. Linux: the operating system for people who want the operating system to take the place of a dessicated social life.