> My desktop at work, my laptop at work, my desktop at home and my wife's
> laptop all run Ubuntu. It works great.

> The vast, near-total majority of computer users
> aren't programmers. Of the programmers, a vast, near-total majority
> don't dare in the Land o' Kernel tread. As one of the people who
> actually can hack my kernel to suit, I find that I don't miss the
> ability in the least. There, I said it. Hang me for treason.
>
> My theory is that technical people, especially when younger, get a
> particular thrill out of dicking around with their software. Much
> like case modders, these folks see it as a badge of honor that they
> spent countless hours compiling and configuring their software to
> oblivion. Hey, I was there too. And the older I get, the more I want
> things to work out of the box. Ubuntu is getting better at delivering
> that experience for novice users. Serious power users seem to find
> that OS X is unrivaled at it.