Hello, I have just bought this new computer and have never been exposed to Linux, but I have heard of it and only heard great reports, I also would prefer to stay away from Microsoft! The person who I bought the computer from said that I should use Thunderbird as my e-mail program, what are your thoughts? He tried to install it via Portato and so have I, but it keeps saying that it was unable to connect and the session timed out. Talk to you soon and thank-you!