LXer: Why People Like Linux
I’m not agreeing with everything he has to say, but the article is interesting and certainly describes some of the reasons I choose Linux. If you haven’t tried it yet, check out Ubuntu’s Live CD on any PC. If you can boot from a CD you can play with Linux and not risk any of the existing stuff on your computer.
The things about Linux that one could characterise a year ago have changed. I remember how wonderful I regarded the 2.035 kernel, Samba, Apache and “C” in 1998. We didn’t have KDE and Gnome but that didn’t matter.

March 13th, 2006 at 4:00 am
Thanks for the link! Was able to also track down where to buy little stuffed Linux penguins. ;>
My own Ubuntu install was incredibly easy–no complicated things to do and everything just worked including printing and Internet.