Ubuntu Linux is more stable, has heaps of free support and applications, is free, networks a hundred times better and more transparently, and can run windows in a secure method when needed (Virtual Box) for office, etc.

Installs and identifies hardware seamlessly, blah blah blah ad infinitum.

It’s not just rhetoric any more. Linux beats windows hands down on the desktop.

let’s see how long it goes before microsoft tries to pull one by firefox users again

I have Ubuntu on one partition, that I use for nearly everything. Windows on an entirely separate one, that is use for games and absolutely nothing else – if something gets screwed up, I reinstall without losing anything. (I do a bare install, no updates for anything, so I don’t get stuck for a day or two on it. No worries of vulnerabilities because, hey, I really don’t care – I don’t store anything important on the Windows partition!)

“I removed this foul piece of crap.see link http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article08-600 .Firefox now runs properly.This is exactly why American business is so far down the toilet.Lack of respect for their customers. Lack of integrity,trust,ethics to name a few things.I was on the fence about buying a Mac or converting this computer to Linux.As of this morning my mind is made up. I will do both.Thanks for helping make up my mind Mr. Gates.”

First, please do not generalize, and imply that it is “American Business” that is to blame here. It’s a little insensitive, and blatantly ignorant.

If you’re not fond of what Microsoft does, get out of that line of product. I see you have done that, and have exercised your right to have a choice. Good for you. I am also a Mac and Linux user, after MANY years in the Windows world. While I am happy for it, I do still feel there is a place for Microsoft product.

As for Microsoft’s intentions here, let’s not jump to assume that companies do things with evil intentions (yes, even American ones, Mike). The intentions may have been good, the backlash, not so good, and for good reason. I, for one, chalk this one up to Corporate Ignorance, not Corporate Evil.

One thing is absolutely the truth…Capitalism still does not entirely understand open source as a value. It will be a while before we see the change in behavior that causes us to react in knee-jerk fashion, and in a broad-sweeping way to an entire Nation’s business structure.

Basically, it’s Google Chrome without the Google spyware embedded.
It’s the best Windows browser I’ve found yet.