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not for everyone in the same way as windows is not for everyone

Well it's not for everyone ok. But I dont see myself going back on Windows personally. So I would say that windows is also not for everyone!! There are things that I can do on Linux and not on Windows. I am using Linux not by choice and not because of the GPL license but because I NEED it.

- if anything, there is too much choice. I think if there were one Linux desktop more people would try it

It's like music...there are still 'mainstream' ones :
- Ubuntu (or some of its derived flavors if you want to look around)
- Fedora
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- I don't want to have to spend time trying to find drivers for my peripherals, e.g. a Minolta film scanner (it was a bit of a nightmare getting it to work with Windows!)

I can understand that some people still have problems with drivers. I would say that unless you buy Mac-only products, you re bound to get the same issues on Windows for instance.

- although there are alternatives to mainstream software, such as The Gimp (which is, incidentally, available for Windows), it's not necessarily as good (the Gimp is slow and clunky compared to Photoshop, which is fair enough as it's free)

Photoshop can be installed on Linux within a few clicks (not guaranteed I agree).

- if you're in to gaming, then it's got to be Windows: can I install Valve's Steam client in Linux (not yet, despite rumours)? Can I play Half-Life 2, Bioshock, Halo, Fallout 3, Roller Coaster Tycoon etc?

There a lot of games that runs natively/non-natively on Linux. Add to that all the online games that are getting increasingly good. I am pretty sure some people play HL2 on Linux btw.

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