[ShadowAce]

Not so good for more specialized stuff.

Hence the term "specialized."

Windows isn't good for more specialized stuff, either. The article isn't talking about specialization, but general desktop applications.

[dhs12345]

Points...

> Games galore on XP/Windows. None on Ubuntu.

> For years, I used a pro version of video editing software on XP and have no complaints. The equivalent “free version” on Ubuntu is lame (at best).

[dhs12345]

I should also point out that with support ending for XP, I considered dual booting my XP machines with Ubuntu or dropping XP all together.

I made the decision to stick with XP because of all of my apps.

BTW, another issue with Ubuntu — Netflix won't run under my version of Ubuntu. The problem might be that I need to upgrade.

I'd consider being able to run Netflix a bit more general and not specialized.