I think I'll piggyback in this thread to get a question in here....

I bought a WinXP upgrade, not realizing (because my dumb arse didn't read the box close enough, I guess) that it'll ugrade from 98/2000, etc, but it won't upgrade from 2000 Server, which is what I currently run. So my options are to shell out for a full version or wipe my drive and install a different OS, only to then immediately install the XP upgrade. I wish it were like the old days when you could just pop in the CD of the old OS to qualify for the upgrade.

Any ideas on how to get past this problem, or am I just going to have to do the wipe/install/upgrade and face the fact that I need to read the box a little closer?

In addition, I have a 2nd machine and would like to start learnin about *nix systems. I'll search through the threads, but wondered if anyone had a recommendation as to which *nix OS is good to learn on. Dnecessarily need the "most secure" or "most desired" OS, just one that I can learn on. Thanks in advance!