There's a learning curve, but Ubuntu is pretty awesome. If I could get my windoze games to run under Linux, I'd dump M$ windoze for good.
Or, alternately, you could get a Mac and run all three...
“There is a solution to all your windows problems: Ubuntu Linux”
I have tried dozens of times to install linux on a laptop. I can get it to run on thumb drives, cd’s and dvd’s, and in a partition. I cannot get it to run as the primary with one partition to save my life. It would not boot. I have spent hours pouring over websites giving instructions on how to make it work.
Maybe I’ll give it a try again soon. It’s been about a year since I last tried it.