zombie claims that linux users all have bad attitudes and are closed minded, but read some of his posts for the reality of his accusations. honestly, read zombie90210's posts to get a true idea of how openminded and reasonable he is. i will say nothing more here about him.
Re: linux vs windows. windows is a fucking hack. nobody knows how DOS works properly (including microsoft) because some of the code was lifted from CP/M, and has never been properly figured out. In turn, windows was a program for DOS for about 10 years (and in many cases still is), DOS originally ran on 8 bit hardware and any additional performance on 16 or 32 bit hardware is a quick and dirty hack. It is all a hack. i'll say that again: WINDOWS IS ONE BIG FILTHY HACK!
Linux is much cleaner as it is continually scrutinised and revised. The price is that some backward compatibility is lost, but most of the programs are open source, or are maintained by somebody who has the source code so this is no big deal. Your favourite old software is available for newer linux versions, and is also still being improved upon.
As for windows being a specialised WYSIWYG system and linux not handling games: PSHAW! windows is a hack on DOS, which is a hack on CP/M. Try telling me that's graphical. linux by contrast is, as i say, continuously revised and updated. It is almost 10 years younger than windows for a start so it is not nearly as fucking hairy.
Anyway. enough rambling, back to the flames: