[martinogg]

I have installed ubuntu on my laptop and I find it does all I need it to, faster and more safely than windows. The only issues I have found really is when recommending it to others, the re-training how to use and installation instructions. I believe we are now really seeing the age of OS independance; what matters now is what browser you are running! And because firefox and open office is so prevelant (and compatible to windows only apps) the only problem i really see is people's unwillingness to travel out of their comfort-zone to try out a new OS.

One thing I'd add is seeing quite how similar mac OS is to ubuntu in places. Im sure that it would be easier to convince a mac user over to a PC with ubutu quite easily