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Just get a cheap old windows 98 laptop off ebay, and install a small linux distro, or strip down '98, and install a lightwieght pdf reader viewer software. I myself use both this and my hacked psp to read pdf's.

I'd say Debian, as it is very stable compared to ubuntu, as other distrobutions.

Ubuntu and mandriva are great for newbies, but my favorites are Suse, zenwalk, and xubuntu

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Linux is perfect for programmers, and system administrators, or people who are sick of viruses. I love linux, but some people need to run windows specific programs though...

I have never heard of "dark edition", but most likely it is a pirated version, which is meant to run faster. Pirateed versions of windows normally come loaded up with viruses and spyware, so get rid of it as soon as pos. I recommend buying the full version of amazon …

This could be caused by many things; viruses, corrupt system files, illegal copy of xp, bad product key. Try making a backup of everything, then reinstall xp, maaking sure that you activate it straight away, and that the product key is typed in right. Then ONLY use automatic update, and …

You normally get that errror message if the hard disk, or ide i damaged, or ther is no operating system (most likely corrupt disk.) If you have no valuable data on there, and you have a vista install disk, then boot up from it, and see if it lets you …

Sometimes drives can cause a problem. Try removing every drive, and boot again, then if it is fine, add one by one to find which is the problem.