1. If you want to keep Windows but make it look a bot more like Linux, then you need a 'shell replacement'. A popular one is LiteStep:

   http://beyondconvention.net/ohussain/lsi…

   Get themes for it here:

   http://browse.deviantart.com/customizati…

   A newer alternative is Emerge Desktop:

   http://emergedesktop.org/

   If you want to change from Windows to Linux then you need to download a full distribution, try one of these:

   http://fedora.redhat.com/
   http://www.ubuntu.com/

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