Then there is the parents using Linux a lot, which is very influential to the child.

But most of all are the curious teenagers that have had it with windows. And having to had replace broken mice and keyboards (I know i did). Linux wasn’t very good back then, but I did contribute some ATI drivers to the cause, so I can’t say I’m just ranting about it.

But now Linux has come a VERY long way from what it once was. I enjoy using Linux, and now I don’t have to boot back over to Windows thanks to the developers coming up with a way to seamlessly integrate Windows apps into linux, whether it be WINE or Seamless Virtualization. Linux is much easier to use, has massive hardware support, eye candy for the vanity crowd, has some great games if you just look around some, most of them free of charge, and most of all, Security. The coup de graw of Linux popularity is its amazing security because they learned from the mistakes of Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. Mostly that remote code execution is a bad thing (See Morris Internet Worm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Worm)

I don’t think this is the “Year of the Linux Desktop” its the “Decade of the Linux Desktop”

Linux desktop is more about “Linux is here, it’s damn ready, and it WILL start finding itself on more PCs”, kind of like step #1 of World Domination. Dell is helping to fuel the Ubuntu craze, and as long as one linux distro is doing good, it’s better for all of us. Once 7.10 rolls around… It will be better than Vista. Without a doubt. The only people who would favour Vista are those (Like thebland from AVSForums) with sick minded attitudes about DRM being “good”.

Most people with computers… I hate to say it, but are “drones”, in the sense they don’t mind much what they use, and don’t realise that sometimes what they use is crap; this applies for everything… A majority of north americans shop at Wal-Mart to save money, but from what I’ve seen, in a lot of cases Wal-Mart is more expensive than smaller stores that specialise in the stuff.

Oh crap, here I go again, filling your blog with nonsense ;P

I doubt you’d want to install Ubuntu Linux on your Mac, but if you’re open to playing with something new, the Ubuntu CD allows you to try it out without affecting your hard drive. It runs a fully functional operating system (complete with applications) from the CD itself and your computer’s temporary memory (RAM).

Let me know if you’re interested, and I’ll slip you a CD one Sunday.