On the other hand, if I am a tech software type, I might enjoy it. But I am not.
Anyway, Linux is finally in its prime and an excellent free OS. Just as long as they don't mess with it which it appears they are doing. I hate the latest version of Ubuntu.
That is just my two cents.
Running Linux or *BSD on just any old computer you could buy at Walmart is nearly impossible, especially if you want all of the devices to work. Don’t know anything about Ubuntu, but it’s much easier to get up-to-date drivers for newer hardware if you can keep the source code up to date and upgrade by rebuilding the kernel, etc. That’s the upside and downside of using an open source Unix. My laptop works well enough on FreeBSD 8, but whenever I decide to upgrade I’m considering getting an Apple laptop. OS X Lion sounds like it has some dubious “features” tacked on, but in theory I should be able to use most of the same open source applications on OS X as BSD/Linux. But Windows has been around since before average computer users knew what Unix was, and to think that any alternative OS can dominate desktop PCs (which are going into a decline themselves) is silly.