all the little things (Score 1)

i was ready to make the switch to linux completely when i first got my hands on corel linux, which is still class as one of the best distro's ever, but unfortunately i had a winmodem, and what was the point if i couldnt get on the net. Now i have a duel boot system, mandrake 9 and xp. and i use each about 50% of the time. I prefer linux, and the 50% of the time i am in windows is when firstly, someon e else is doing work on the computer at the same time, (the family doesnt seem to take to linux), or when no one is home and i can crank my speakers, because they are digital only, and there are no currently working drivers for my soundcard to provide digital out =-(, so those are the only two reasons i ever have to use the devils own...
eeno