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I admit that I came across Ubuntu 9.10 largely by accident. I upgraded my oldest set top with a view to reinstalling my original XP . But the disc would not download —- spent too long in the desk drawer, rattling about I suspect. But I found a Ubuntu disk, popped it in and bingo, it installed itself with very little effort on my part. After a lot of updates 1,250 to be exact I was up and running. My first impressions are of the simplicity of the system and how fast it is even with only 2gb. ram. Yahoo and Google take care of the Internet , Open office organises my letters. I’m not very interested in music downloads, cause my ears are beset by tinnitus and video streaming is just not my bag.

The biggest worry I have about the system is antispyware—or rather the lack of it. After 4 years of installing anti spyware apps in Windows, using Ubuntu makes me feel totally exposed—naked even. BUT the forums are full of folk asking the same question, “has anyone suffered an infection”, and as far as I can ascertain nobody has [yet!]

If you want a system without all the Windows bells and whistles give Ubuntu 9.10 a try and remember its free. And Oh! I’m not an agent for Ubuntu, I will keep my two Windows 7 machines as they have their place in the scheme of things, and my next new build will be for Windows XP I just love that quirky OS.