I\'ve been meaning to get around to this for a while, so here\'s my intro:
I still regard myself as a newbie to Linux - certainly to Bash- but I\'ve had various distros on my systems for a year or so now and for the last 6 months have used Simply Mepis as my home system for online work.
Having seen how safe, easy to use and stable it is, I would NEVER go back to Bill\'s offerings now. There are only a couple of exceptions which means I have to use Windoze occasionally, and they are CAD design applications. Having said that, there are some wonderful open-source applications that\'l do the same thing so very soon, M$ will be a thing of the past for me.
When I hear of friends that have all the hassles with Windows, the viruses, spyware and all the rest, I suggest using Linux- but STILL the myth persists that it\'s difficult.
All I can say is that I\'m very happy to be here- using Linux!

-Martin