In my time using Windows XP I installed tons of cracked games and programs and even a non cracked game with starforce. And I never had a single BSOD until my harddrive died. So generally I was able to abuse my windows installation to no end and it wouldn't **** anything up. I could even have it running 24/7 for several weeks without rebooting.
The reason I mowed to Linux is just that Microsoft quite bluntly and openly kept bugging me about installing software that spies on me, and that is something I just can't accept.
When I mowed I expected that it would be hard to solve endless problems to get Linux working smoothly as I wanted it. But I was wrong. Ubuntu was really easy, in many ways better than Windows, and the forums has simple solutions for most of my problems. As for the few things that were still hard, Ubuntu is evolving really fast, some things I had trouble with just a year ago work out of the box now.
The biggest issue for "normal" people is probably games. Wine is developing pretty fast, but there are still tons of games that just don't work. In my case I have accepted that top games are mosly not available and I can live with that. I will force the games industry to change by not buying anything until there's a Linux port.
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