Ubuntu Offers an Exciting Alternative for the Vista-Wary

[ Thanks to Jay MacDonald for this link. ]

"New to this version: inserting the CD while running Windows, users can install Ubuntu from within Windows. Done this way, it's like living together before getting married: your hard drive isn't partitioned; Ubuntu is installed within a folder on your Windows hard drive and uses the Windows XP or Vista boot menu to offer a boot-time choice between Windows (the default) and Linux."

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