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Try Ubuntus version of Linux, its free, its downloadable, you can run it off the CD, lots of support. I have been a user for two years on a pieced together PC, its great! http://www.ubuntu.com
Linux (or the GUI) is definately not user friendly. However, if you can fight with it long enough, its very nice.
Yes, with the OS you need to know what you are doing for some things. Ubuntu has done a great job at getting newbies on board. But when it comes to the GUIs out there for Linux/UNIX, I find them far superior to XP. All I have to say is KDE + XGL is desktop heaven.
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Slideshow: Called the Fortress, the 850-horsepower pickup combines Raptor underpinnings with military-inspired features, survival equipment, and a starting price of $285,000.