Fine, my thread is boring. Don't post a response. Treat me like the shmoo that I am.

Anyway, I'm close to ordering one of these things and I have a few LINUX vs. XP questions.

Can a shmoo use LINUX and have all his music and such forth that works on XP work on LINUX?

Will text documents done on LINUX transfer to an XP machine?

Will my external HD, which had all its info loaded with XP, work with LINUX?

They sell the 12GB eeePC 901 with XP Home for the same price as the 20GB eeePC with LINUX. The loss of 8GB is what pays for XP on the machine.