Any point in giving Linux ago?

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Just for something to do and abit of a learning experience, I am planning on installing Linux, I am going to experiment with them abit in VirtualBox first thought.

I am thinking of going openSUSE as it's got a pretty neat looking desktop.

Just wondering, any benefits over Windows, apart from the obvious reasons such as more secure.

Will I be able to run Windows applications like Office 2007/2010 in Linux, I remember this being possible using some software called wine? Does it run at the speed of say if I had the app running in Windows?


Thanks
Will.
 
Ah right, I'll give it a go.

Call me stupid like but I want to get the desktop so it's as aesthetically pleasing as Windows. I just find the default look pretty horrid.
 
RPM, that Redhat package manager?

See I remember this compiling bit sort of, I remember that being very complicated. What program do I need to install programs?
 
Ah cheers, I'll give that a go if I need to.


What is this VMWare Unity? Is it basically VMWare 7 for Linux that can run apps as if it where native?
 
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