I’m somewhat a Unix geek but I still use Windows 7 as my desktop and Windows for servers although I support several Red Hat distros.
I installed both the latest Red Hat and Ubunto onto an old laptop and the installs were painless, even the wireless driver worked. It also flew compared to Windows 7 on the same laptop. Contrast that with my copy of X86 Solaris which is a pig to install and runs terrible. Hell, I had a Sparc workstation on my desk a long time ago and hated it compared to HP UX.
I actually like using VI but didn’t need to to get everything running.
It’s not as simple as windows, Open Office used RPM and gzip if I remember correctly which are easy enough to use and if you don’t remember the myriad of switches after the commands, there’s always a man page for the commands.
Support for XP ending means any vulnerabilities will not be addressed with an official patch from MS. I wouldn’t worry about it too much as XP has been around for a while so I’m hoping most of the holes have been plugged unless a systemic problem with the Windows architecture is found.
Yes, Windows itself is the problem, very funny.
Oh, but it is.
It's just different.