2k is good. and it is not at all the same os as me.
xp is only better because it has better features. system restore rocks when supporting people. so does remote desktop. and you can turn off all the visual effect so it looks like 2k
linux is ok if you normally pay for an os since it is free. if you wanna run games it sucks. I would never run linux on my home pc, to me there is no point, on a server i would though.
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