1) Ubuntu 8.10 and Windows XP sp2
---a. Windows is installed on a nvraid RAID 0 (fakeraid/softwareraid)
---b. Boot Loader (winGrub) is installed to a third hard drive.
------i) Drive 3 has boot.ini and autoexec for windows and allows boot into RAID
------ii) Drive 3 also boots into Ubuntu Hard drive (chain boot loading).
---c. Ubuntu is installed to a second Hard drive and boots with grub.
2) Windows for Inventor and gaming Ubuntu for everything else
3) Advantages of Linux
---1. OPEN SOURCE (if you don't like it... Change it!)
---2. Excellent user interface selection.
---3. Codecs are readily available
---4. OS requires little processor headroom
---5. Plays Roller Coaster Tycoon!!!!! (in WINE)
4)
www.Ubuntu.com ,
gna.org
5) See advantages of Linux