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Win•dows (windoze), Trademark. any of several microcomputer operating systems or environments featuring a graphical user interface.

Probably the greatest desire that is common to mankind in general and computer-literates like us =:) in particular is freeeeeedom . I mean, if God meant for us to be tied down and limited, why on earth did He make us with the knowledge of a difference? Makes sense, hmmm? And before you step up on that soapbox over there, yes--I know that Win98 has come quite a ways in allowing you to change the way your computer operates. But come on. There's still only so far you can go. No matter what you do, your computer will never look like this.

And that's just one of the examples of what you can make your computer act and feel like with Linux. And this is all possible because of the (also free) XFree86 implementation of the X11R6 Windowing System. And yes, I'm sure that it's not called 'Xwindows.' RTFM. =:) There are many more flamboyant examples of what you can make your computer do (all free!) --probably one of the best resources for discovering some of the options available to you with Linux/X11R6 are to be found at themes.org and its child-pages. You really should look into some of the other options available to you, before you go back to looking at that boring old Microsoft interface that you have to stare at day in and day out--without really being able to control how it looks. Oh yeah, and did I mention that it's all free!?! (Do you sense a common theme here? =:)