[willystyle]

I use Ubuntu on an occasional basis. It's a great OS, very light-weight; however you will run into driver compatibility issues, and lack of software alternatives (from Windows) on a regular basis. To truly maximize your experience, you must learn the Linux Command line. I find that Linux users love to use the Terminal, which is not for most everyday users, so it's not for the beginner and novice users whom are familiar with Windows. I find that some tasks in Windows that requires only a few clicks of a mouse would translate to entering a series of Linux command lines to achieve the same task. Sure, it may be great for the advanced users as they say it's faster, but they don't make up for the general population.

Ubuntu is not very user-friendly, it's alright if you plan to use it "right-out-of-the-box", but if you want to tweak it, like say, auto-mounting your hard drives at startup. You would risk going into the Terminal, and begin playing with the sudo command which then exposes your operating system from being corrupted if you cause a slight mishap.

Believe me, when that occurs, it's not as easy and simple as popping in a Recovery CD and have the utility auto-repair it for you like Windows.