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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tharian" data-source="post: 4024485" data-attributes="member: 20334">Ubuntu is pretty straightforward to use.  I've been using it since 6.06 as a dual-boot system on my laptop, but mostly use the Linux side, switching over very rarely.I've not used dlink so I'm not sure how that works, but I believe the mediabuntu variant of Ubuntu addresses that.  A good place to check would be the Ubuntu forums.  If your question isn't already answered there, you can post it and receive a response within a short period of time.I burn DVDs on an irregular basis, but I've not burned movie DVDs in specific.  I tend to burn only data DVDs.  However, there are a few programs out there on the Linux side of things that are meant to handle exactly that.  Again, the forums would be a good place to check.I've not seen a virus on the Linux side of things.  The main concern is with security and that's why there's a difference between a user and an admin account.  That being said, if you plan to use your system as a mail server, there are some anti-virus programs out there meant to strip out those viruses to keep them from being passed on to a windows client.The forums can be found at <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/</a> and the people there are normally pretty friendly.  I've had a lot of good experiences there when asking or offering help.And another option to consider is trying out the LiveCD of whichever flavor before erasing your XP partition.  Beyond that, you can also look into dual-boot.  In both cases, you do not lose your windows information.Good Luck and have fun with it.</blockquote>

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