Well you use Windows until some virus hits the OS and things begin to crash and finally you have to re-install the damn windows again. You ask yourself, "Heck, I had an antivirus software too which could not defend my PC against viruses either". Average user re-installs windows once in a month. Expert user will re-install windows after 4 to 6 months due to inevitable viruses/malware/adware/trojans attacks.

Have you heard anybody using Linux complaining about viruses? Less people are using Linux, so less people are creating viruses for Linux or not at all. Or may be these are Linux users, who are creating viruses for windows users! Anyways Linux is virus free. I know, I know, Linux is a D3vil - tough to master - not for average users. I am not suggesting you to switch to Linux. Still we got a solution for everybody. Its Linux + Windows.
Yep! Meet Linux-XP. An operating system that everybody can use, withOUT viruses.

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Transform Ubuntu, MAC, Windows or XBox into a Media Center. XBMC is an award winning media center application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and XBox. The ultimate hub for all your media, XBMC is easy to use, looks slick, and has a large helpful community. Viewing and play a vast library of audio, video and image formats. Manage all media seamlessly. Plugins support and much more.

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This transformation pack doesn't change your windows vista fully to Ubuntu but somewhat creates a resembling atmosphere to that of Ubuntu.

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Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools. Portable Ubuntu for Windows is a Ubuntu system running as a Windows application. This system is built with the Colinux Kernel, Xming X server and Pulseaudio server for Windows. You can carry it on your thumb drive.

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Using Mac4Lin can transform your Linux OS into Mac OS X Leopard. The goal of this open source project is to bring the user interface of Mac OS X Leopard to GNU/Linux and UNIX-System like Operating Systems.

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Transform Windows XP into Fedora Linux style.

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There is no single installer for this one. But yet these tools in combination can give Windows XP, look of Ubuntu. The good thing about having a package with all these elements, categorized in several different folders, is that you can choose what to install and what to leave unchanged. The downside is that you have to do it step by step. But thats what we call geeky, eh! You can install and uninstall these as you wish to. These will not disturb your Windows XP files, programs and settings but just transform the look and feel of your Windows XP into beautiful Linux Ubuntu version.

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Here is how you can clear your DNS Cache in Linux. This is specific for Redhat Linux. Please tell your experiences. Issue the following command:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/nscd restart

Restarting nscd will flush your Linux DNS cache.

How to clear DNS cache in Windows

Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

The Ubuntu Promise

1- Ubuntu will always be free of charge, including enterprise releases and security updates.
2- Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical and hundreds of companies around the world.
3- Ubuntu includes the very best translations and accessibility infrastructure that the free software community has to offer.
3- Ubuntu CDs contain only free software applications; we encourage you to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on.

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Isn't that amazing!!!