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Originally Posted by Undertoad
People are buying a new PC now when their old one has too much spyware!
I'm trying Ubuntu next.
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I hadn't run a distribution of Linux or anything like it in many years because I had been really frustrated that Red Hat, SuSE, etc, all had horrible hardware support. (I've heard that has changed.) I threw the Ubuntu CD in, booted, and the PC came alive with full graphics, network, and sound all without my prompting. Ubuntu's interface was beautiful!
I was really impressed because it was actually easier than configuring a standard Windows setup at the time and it was worlds above the old hell of fighting with OSS drivers that made Red Hat so frustrating. Even most video worked, but when I found that a lot of codecs couldn't be found that would allow me to play a variety of DiVX variants, I gave up. Of course, even in OSX I can't play the newest Windows Media files and streams, but that's thanks to an ongoing DRM battle between Apple and MS.