I had one hp mini pc came with lunix system, I want to install window xp to replace lunix. Can I do that? If I can, please help tell me how to install? I never use lunix system before so it it so hard quite difficult to operat it.compare lunix and window xp which one is better system.. Any one know, please help.

If you ask such a question in a Linux forum (this is a Linux forum) you must know that we will tell you that Linux is the better OS. It was developed on the Internet and is vastly more secure (and stable) than Windows. In my opinion, Linux is easier to install and easier to administer. It is completely configurable, and you get the opportunity to choose exactly what is included in your installation. a Linux distribution is comprised of Open Source Software, and the concept of Open Source Software is Freedom. You can legally see and modify the source code in accordance with the GPL (General Public License). As a result millions of eyes look at the source code every day, so security issues and bugs are found and fixed quickly, in a time frame usually measured in days, not months. You can install Linux to as many computes as you want or need to. Commercial Linux Distributors make money by selling support for their distribution, not by selling or licensing the software, so it is in their best interest to make their distribution as trouble free as possible. While both Linux and Windows are Operating Systems, and fulfill the same function, they are developed on different philosophies. Linux is developed on the UNIX philosophy that you should develop an application to perform a single task very well, then string your applications together to accomplish bigger things. The UNIX developmental philosophy has resulted in a constantly evolving Operating System, able to adapt to meet both the needs of an ever changing hardware technology and those of its users. Windows is developed on the philosophy that if you make everything part of the OS (make it all one big thing), you get better performance. This philosophy has resulted in an Operating System that must be rewritten from the ground up to adapt to changes in technology or user needs (essentially, throwing out the baby with the bath warer). Because Windows is proprietary in nature, only a few hundred eyes ever see the source code, so the time frame between the discovery of a weakness and its resolution is usually measured in months (and possibly in years). You do not get to decide what software is installed on your system (Internet Explorer is a good example), and because the source code is closed (hidden), you do not have the opportunity to know just what is in there. Because Linux is not Windows you will encounter a learning curve, but nothing worth while is without effort. Linux is really no harder to learn than Windows was when you began using a computer. It is simply different from Windows, and if you give it a chance, you may find that using Windows feels clumbsy after you become familiar with Linux, at least that has been my experience. I have used Mandriva Linux woth the KDE Desktop Environment as my primary production OS for nearly a decade. Now when I get on a Windows computer, I feel a bit like a dancer with two left feet. The OS keeps getting in my way when I try to do anything. In Linux, the OS can be configured to work with me to get things done. In Windows, I have to do things Windows way (or at least, I am unable to configure Windws to do things my way). If you decide you really want to install Windows XP, simply boot the computer from your Windows XP installation disk. When you get to the partition management screen, delete all the existing partitions, then create Windows partitions, and install Windows. There is one caveat, check that your HP mini meets (or exceeds) the Windows XP minimal system requirements. For best results, check that your computer meets or exceeds the recommended system requirements. Since I do not know what these are, you will have to search the Microsoft WEB site for that information Ernie Registered Linux User 247790

If you can't play with it for 20 minutes and figure most of it out then you need windows. Linux today is very similar to windows, just the names have been changed. If you want you can contact the vendor and they can sell you an XP disk. You would then have to borrow or buy a dvd/cd usb device to install with. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10