Posted: 10/23/2007 8:26:39 PM EDT
Linux > MacOS > Winblows.  y/n? <== Ubuntu 7.10 with Compiz Fusion. 
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I upgraded to 7.10 from 7.04. I've been using Ubuntu since version 5. The upgrade process was pretty smooth for me, and this is considering I used a lot of packages not in the official Ubuntu repositories. Transitioning from Compiz-Gnome to Compiz Fusion was smooth. 7.10 also comes with a helluva lot more packages. It comes with Compiz Fusion by default. LinuxDC++ was finally added to the Ubuntu Repositories too, yay! |
I did the full install...(didn't have too much worth trying to save) but a co-worker said it (7.10) was available through the update (red update icon top right of your display).. he said it worked.. YMMV |
I would have done a clean install but I forgot to put my /home directory in another partition. 
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You are not a true geek, I went to my basement and grabbed some parts I had on the floor and built my L|nuX rig. It runs faster than windows and boots in 2.1 seconds. Duel boots with 18 falors of Unis and linux distros that I wrote my self. Took about 15 minutes. |
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I prefer Debian Live "Stable" on my personal desktop with Fedora Core running a close second. I would actually use FC over Debian but the software repositories of Debian are hard to beat. I maintain five "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4" servers, two FC boxes and two Debian Stable boxes at work. The other Linux admin keeps up our AIX and Solaris servers (which we are migrating to RHEL). My three year old son has his own desk (in my office at home) with Damn Small Linux installed on an old P-II 400. He likes the games and "paint" like programs. Linux owns Windows as a Server OS but it still lacks somewhat on the business desktop. Here's one of my Debian servers (Postfix email relay):
One of the FC-5 servers:
Some old screen caps:  
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After fighting for over 15 hours trying to get some DVR software to work I conceded defeat on my Linux server. I spent less than an hour configuring all the services I wanted with Windows. Until *nix gets better about installing non-standard software they are not going to become mainstream. |