For some, there is a driving urge to live without Windows, a digital-age-old quest to shed the Microsoft coil worn by most who have ever used a computer.
Imagine being able to do all those computer tasks you've grown accustomed to - checking e-mail, writing Word documents, balancing your checkbook, storing photos, and listening to MP3 music - on a PC that doesn't run Windows.
The thought has crossed many people's minds in this Microsoft-monopoly world, but the chief alternative to Windows - the Linux operating system - has provided little hope for anyone but true geeks and Macintosh users.
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