Linux

The usability gap and effects gap between Windows and Linux, in my opinion have shrunk. And that comment comes in lieu of my recent conversion to Linux.

I must admit, I'm quite sold on the Linux platform. Currently I'm using Ubuntu as it has some preloaded drivers which eased my setup. However, what more can you really ask. Just installing Beryl has already replicated or nearly replicated Windows Vista functionality.

Moreover, it is really fast. Much faster than Windows. Although there have been occasional crashes, and slightly more than Windows due to some hardware incompatibility as I have alot of "Designed for Windows XP" hardware. However, on the whole, its usable and software is really easy to obtain.

Compiling software isn't such a pain either...
GO LINUX!!