...and back to Windows 7 even faster.
This.
I actually have a dual boot system on my Toshiba Satellite with Win 7 and Ubuntu. I was trying to help a friend who’s SATA interface died on a Gateway 23” all in one machine. It’s not really feasible to buy and install a new motherboard. I’ve got him back online using Ubuntu and Firefox from a flash drive. Ubuntu doesn’t like my Toshiba at all, maybe because it’s a newer machine. I need to take it off the Toshiba but that’s no simple task either and with a 1 Tb HDD it really doesn’t bother me too much. Simple fact of the matter, as others have said, is Linux is not ready for prime time yet and probably never will be.