"alexander.keys1" wrote:
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They should still do the job properly,

They do. Despite being free Ubuntu comes with excellent tech support and is
constantly patched and updated to work with recent hardware. It supports
more devices than Windows 7.

I install server and desktop versions of Ubuntu on hardware ranging from
old Turion processors up to recent Intel quad core devices. I've not had a
problem, ever. The installers just work and the instructions during install
are clear, inless one is acomplete pillock, that is.

volunteers on preserved
railways work for free, but the job has to be done to professional
standards, or else bad things will happen.

And if I turn up at my local amateur twits railway they will give me a free
engine or rides for life will they? Or will they charge more per mile than
a Network TOC?

How much did you pay for Ubuntu?

Face it, you're just too dim to install an OS and too daft to tell the
difference between a hardware and a software failure. Go back to paying
Microsoft for an OS and use it in chimp mode.