[ShadowAce]

Agreed. It’s a lot like arguments over the best car. Every make has its fans, but in the end, most people just want to go to work or run errands.

[ThunderSleeps]

That's not to say the GNU/proprietary issues aren't important, but they are really only important to a smaller slice of the users (and potential users) of Linux. We use RHEL as a development platform at work. That choice was made mostly on stability and security issues.

I use Mint at home. I'll admit I chose Linux years ago for 3 main reasons. One is simply cost. Two is that I'm less likely to get viruses and malware. (still have to be careful) Three is that for a given set of tasks or usage pattern I need far less hardware. (a cast-off computer has been working for me for years)

I'm glad there are people out there worrying about the lineage of my audio drivers. But day in and day out, I don't care.