Install Ubuntu, then head over to Phrank's Ubuntu Blog article "XpGnome - Make Linux Look like Windows XP" (http://ubuntu.online02.com/node/14): download and run the script, and voila! Ubuntu XP. Note: Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10) made changes to gdm, so the script doesn't change the login wallpaper, but if you're setting up single users then set up the machine to auto login and your user wont mind.
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Install Ubuntu, then head over to Phrank's Ubuntu Blog article "XpGnome - Make Linux Look like Windows XP" (http://ubuntu.online02.com/node/14): download and run the script, and voila! Ubuntu XP. Note: Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10) made changes to gdm, so the script doesn't change the login wallpaper, but if you're setting up single users then set up the machine to auto login and your user wont mind.