It isn't annoying it's obedient, clean, and uncluttered. It doesn't keep popping up with a notice that wireless can't find the network. It doesn't keep asking me to activate Windows, register software, enter the CD keys for my games and install a link to buy HP printer supplies. It feels like it was actually designed for its users, instead of for hardware companies and software vendors. Why do I use Linux? Well, I tried it out in the first place out of moral indignation against Microsoft, but nowadays I just like it better. I don't have any command line scripts, I'm not a software developer, and my name is not in the credits. I've picked up a few things since I started using Linux, but no more than you probably did in your first year on a Mac - just some basic terminology and interface conventions. Lest you get the wrong impression, I don't consider myself a "power user" or even technically inclined. I'm using Fedora 9 on an old, refurbished IBM Thinkpad, and while Fedora is kind of in a perpetual beta it seems to run very well. The reason I ask the question in the title is because Linux is currently my favorite OS. It wouldn't be for a while, due to finances, but it's something I'm giving serious thought to. I'm a lurker and PC-user, who has admired Macs for a long time now and is considering making the switch.
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