As I see it, it is the complaints that makes Ubuntu better and better
with every version! Complaining does not equal with being ungrateful or
not liking something...it is about a wish to get it even better.
If people would stop complaining not much would happen in this world. I
live in a democratic country where I am more free than people in other
countries, so should I just sit back and stop complaining? There is
always room for improvement!

I read that page Gobby posted about the difference of Lin and Win.
And Dave, your right about 3.1 and 95 + 98!
What amazes me is, I get businesses and schools asking for something
that (just) works, and is cheaper than a Vista upgrade or a iMac, so I
show them Ubuntu on a $700 computer that is rock solid and they say,
"oh, I cant use that. I dont see the start button. That doesnt look like
MS." Then they try it out and say, I think out 98 systems are better
than this. Of course they forget that they crashed literally daily. They
had to keep 10 computer techs on the payroll instead of 1. OH! and of
course all the security problems they were always concerned with. One
business was afraid to do business online because IE was so insecure. I
give them Ubuntu and they "cant" use it because they might have to learn
to do something a bit different.

I get a bit hot on this topic as of late but in the end, (I want to say
its been difficult for me to come around to linux as well. I had to get
out of my MS thinking and into 'another way' thinking mode) its been a
very smooth overall transition. There are things Im doing now that I
still cant do on Windows. And with Vista on the market, I cant even
secure that thing at all.

I would love to say, "Hey. If your not open to a better life by doing
something a bit differently, dont try Linux!" But that isnt nice.
However, it is the truth. As long as you are open to seeing how another
way of doing things can work (maybe) better, or just plain work, then
you have the ability to become a linux person as well.

it reminds me of what a pastor of mine called "church hoppers".

There was a family who came to our church and after attending
for a few months started complaining about it. Now they never
offered any solution or offered to help they just complained. After a
while, after hurting a lot of people with their complaints, they left.
Well my pastor knew most of the other pastors in town and through the
grape vine, heard they were doing the same thing at other churches.
She wasn't keeping tabs, but people would just mention it to her,
Well after about a year they were back and the cycle started all
over again, or just continued depending on how you want to look at it.
Well I've been messing with computers for more than thirty years
and it's always been like that. I had a small computer business in a
small town. Almost as soon as I opened my doors people came into my
shop complaining about every other computer business in town. It was
small town so there were about five one man business like mine. They
told me how glad they were that I was there and that they were
switching from the other guy to me because...(list of complaints).
Well it wasn't long till they were complaining about me and switching
to some one else.

I am pleased, Ubuntu works better than anything I have used. Fiesty does
a good job with everything I do on a computer and I am satified!

I starting using DOS when Windows 3.0 was out but there weren't
many people using it. With this old P3 running Ubuntu I can even play
with Beryl and while playing a movie play the wobbly window and the
movie continues to play smooth. I couldn't do that even with OS X,
which in my opinion is the superior pay to own OS, on a comparable mac.