Thanks, Bill and Abacus:

I've heard that Mint is a good platform for music creation and editing. I suspect the learning curve is two-fold. First, Linux must be mastered and then the Linux based Music Software must also be learned. I'm guessing that this might take some pretty intense and time consuming effort on the part of a semi-intelligent novice. I'm hoping an installation disk can be acquired with some documentation about getting it onto a Windows based operating system and then a method to eliminate Win or put it onto a different partition on the hard drive.

The other choice I hear might be available is a self-contained memory stick (or similar device) that would allow independent operation from Windows without having to change any of the existing hard drive software or Windows Operating System. Naturally, the Memory Stick would require several gigs of space.

Possibly I am just whistling in the dark but the learning curves without a guru of qualified tech instructor can be a real time consuming nightmare.

Any thoughts?

Regards,

Dave Rice