Much better would be for web servers to use open standards for delivering that type of content.
I guess, but what are you doing that needs getting the hang of? If you’re just clicking a button to start your web browser, clicking another button to start your word processor, etc., it makes no difference what OS you use. If you’re doing much more than that with it, using Windows is downright painful, IMO (I’ve been using Linux since 1994, and (other) Unix variants before that…and VMS for a bit…)
I have windows license for games, which I enjoy less and less these days, for everything else I use Ubuntu.
I prefer freebsd over linux. I have used most linux distributions and they are a lot better than they used to be, these days ubuntu just works out the box, Back when i first started using linux (slackware around 2000-2003) there was not much package managment and it didn’t load X. You had to build everything from source and you had install and configure X from scratch.
But I use windows 7 as my desktop OS but i have never paid for it. But I have been almost moving to freebsd as a desktop OS for a few years. Just one or two things that have prevented me. But looking at the direction that windows 8 is going in. I think I will be moving over to freebsd at some point.
I’m using Arch Linux. I have some issues with Linux as well as Windows, but I try to stay away from Microsoft/proprietary software as much as I can without crippling my ability to use my computer.
I tried running FreeBSD once but I couldn’t get it working properly on my laptop, so I gave up.
I don’t use Ubuntu on the desktop, but I have a fair bit of Linux experience with servers. This stuff has come a long way since I bought a retail copy of Mandrake 10 years ago.
For the people with less time and perseverance you can try pcbsd which is freebsd but a different fork and more user friendly, it has a nice graphical install and boots directly in to X. I tried it, pretty cool.
I like freebsd with xfce, i run that in a vm and if i use linux ill use backtrack.
My favourite thing about bsd is the package management, ports are pretty cool and they always work. Also i prefer PF than iptables, pf just seems so easy to learn compared to ip tables.
I also run pfsense and i can not recommend pfsense enough, it is opensource firewall distribution. Realy great.
“It haven’t found a way to play Civilization without Windows.”
Freeciv is in the Ubuntu Software Center. I think it is a cooler version of civ2 with online mode.
I’ve gotten the pc version of civ2 to work with wine. And the playstation version to work with pcsx.
I don’t have a copy of later versions, so I’m not sure. This guy got Civ4 to work with the program PlayOnLinux.
I use Windows at home, Ubuntu for a small family CAE business, and a Windows/UNIX mix at the office.
I find UNIX/Linux to be OK for business use when either your entire staff is technical or it’s an environment mixed with Windows. I would never put Ubuntu in the hands of general users and expect them to be productive.
For home use I think Windows is far preferable.
To each their own, I suppose.
My laptop came with Windows 7, so i use it on the laptop. Great for gaming. You can get pretty much any software for Windows.
I’m running ubuntu 10.10 on a desktop and an older laptop. I prefer to use ubuntu for web stuff/research/work/server.
I’ll use anything for surfing the web as long as it isn’t internet explorer. My preference is Opera.
I find unix/linux/windows the best to have at the client-side for networks when setting up professional environments.
I find Macs great for networking stuff and IT, but that’s about it. In fact, I think Apple solutions are among the best, if not the best for a lot of things to do with network infrastructure and servers. The laptops are great to have for networking stuffsince you can actually detect and connect to different VLANs without having to mess around with your network card. The GUI makes me seasick and for everything else, it’s either at par or worse than unix, linux, or windows. The whole thing about it being a better system for creative people is just a bunch of horseshit. Windows supports all the same programs, or equivalent programs and more. It also runs on any kind of PC. There is also driver support for every (multimedia) device out there. Far too many people get Apple stuff just to be hip.
Seconded. I hope they eventually work something out (or the BSD guys work something out) so that you can have multiple VPN connections go out the firewall and to the same target location… oh well. Maybe one day. 
The patent system really bothers me. I would use Linux just because of that if I weren’t a gamer. Microsoft stuff sucks just like Apple stuff does Microsoft’s uniform standards suck.
I wish that DX and Windows had died a long time ago and that we were running D3D apps via wrapper.
Why Macs SUCK:
I downloaded and installed openSUSE into vmware player, but I can’t log in because it doesnt recognize by username and password, which I set up through vmware player. Stuff like this makes me hate linux, and also having to solve a CAPTCHA every time I want to do a search on linux help forums, especially when the CAPTCHA is unreadable by humans.
I have an SSD for applications and a regular drive for content. I ordered a second SSD which I’m going to install linux on (probably Ubuntu to start with) and see how far I can transition to it.
I regard it an act of agorism: cutting off income from the well connected and as such making it harder for the state to control.
I installed Puppy Linux (latest version, forget the number) on a 4GB flash drive, and I carry around and boot whatever computer I’m using with it, so I can pretty much carry my computer with me. At home, though, I use XP and Ubuntu on occasion.
Posting from Ubuntu.
Things I’ve been able to accomplish:
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Optical out from USB soundcard
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Import and edit RAW photos from DSLR.
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Smooth 1080p playback.
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Desktop widgets with RSS feeds (LRC, Mises, etc)
I dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 for work and gaming, respectively. Once I got Ubuntu set up and stabalized I never had any issues with it. Graphics were clear, unlike someone else who mentioned it.
You are in the matrix. Everything you have been taught is incorrect. what you believe to be your preference, is the result of elaborate brainwashing. My friend, the concept of GUI operating systems does not make life easier, it makes it harder. Take the red pill and press CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE, to turn off the X server. gulp. Welcome to the real world, Nero.
I have been using Ubuntu on and off for a few years, and just a few months ago I updraded to Arch Linux… and am never going back.