The Ximian desktop feels better than the Gnome one that came with RedHat. So far I’m finding it easier to find things. Also, it’s done a better job finding my Windows machines on the network. But that good news is balanced by frequent freezes of keyboard and mouse. That may be because I was adjusting the sound properties. But with no mouse and no keyboard, my only input device is the off switch, which is not what I’m looking for in linux.

Another advantage of Ximian is that OpenOffice actually opened. And now that I know how to move files from my XP machines to linux, I could actually open a Word .doc file. Cool. OpenOffice’s word processor looks pretty good. Tempting. Very tempting.

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