It's now a dual boot between Windows Vista and Fedora Linux! How exciting!
It's true that linux is a little unfriendly, especially in the installing stuff area. BUT once it's working, it's basically as good as Windows, probably better on a more technical level. I just finished a presentation for tomorrow using OpenOffice which is included in the Fedora 10 distro. I can talk to my friends with Pidgin, the included instant messaging client. And, it comes with a killer desktop background that I probably won't change for a while.
The only thing linux really cannot do is play most commercial games. Technically you could do it through a virtual PC, but you'd still need the Windows OS for that. Maybe someone brilliant will find a away around it, just like everything else. =)
Update: There is a way around it. It's called Wine and it works pretty good with the popular games and applications. To name a few, World or Warcraft, Guild Wars, Half Life 2, MS Office, more here. Wine is not an emulator (that's actually what Wine stands for) so there's no sacrifice of speed like on a virtual pc. Yay Linux!
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