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"I used to use Linux, but left because it really wasn't stable. It messed up repeatedly"

I have to ask: have you really ever used Linux after, say, 1998? I ask that because in my experience (I moved to Linux by 2000) it is a rock-solid OS. It won't work with every hardware I throw at it, of course, because not all hardware is documented enough for people to write drivers for it. I have had my troubles with cheap sound cards and cheap motherboards, but, all in all, the system never, ever, gave me any headache.

I have Ubuntu installed through VMware right now, to try it. Exact same problem I had with previous versions: the audio card doesn't work and I've tried but it won't fix.

In 2005, Ubuntu fried my computer and I had to hard-reset everything. So it's hard feelings.

I guess the VMWare audio-card problem is more a VMWare problem than a Ubuntu one. What kind of computer did you have back in 2005? I have never heard of anything like it.