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I then set up my second monitor for my quiet internet machine and installed Debian Linux (v3.0) on my main machine as a second OS. I've been fiddling with it and had partial success getting the latest nVidia drivers installed - it works fine as long as you don't reboot after the install. Go figure. I checked the environment before and after installation with no differences.
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That is all for now - I'm going to try and take a picture of my desk as it is quite a monument to geekdom that I probably ought not to share with you. So watch this space! :)