I've used linux, and i like it. But the thing is, it's not ideal for everything. ALL my friends use windows xp/vista, and when they want to use your computer, and they see this "Weird Thing" on the screen, they kinnda give up. I have no REAL reason to use Ubuntu, or and linux distro, over windows. Apart from my VPS - which uses Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server Edition, but that is only really used to host websites.