I just installed Debian Linux via storm last Thursday morning in a half an hour right before leaving for work.
This past weekend I spent umpteen hours sussing Linux out. I kept thinking I would have to go back to windoze as there would be something it could do that Linux couldn't. So far as my needs go, I haven't found any reason. In fact windoze seems like a joke forced on us. I was really looking for a crash free system, but I have had several gnome crashes: an xterm window, "gtop", etc. I was embarrased when my wife looked and saw the gnome error dialog box, reminiscent of windoze. But at least I didn't have to restart the machine. I am really happy with Linux, so far anyway. - greg s.