According to a study from analyst Gartner, PCs running Linux are growing in popularity in part because they can be loaded with an illegal copy of Windows. The report states that about 40 percent of Linux PCs will be modified to run an illegal copy of Windows. As a result, the number of desktop Linux PCs that ship will exceed the actual percentage of Linux machines that get installed in the real world. http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-5388863.html