I switched to linux becouse i love to be able to do what i want and i love the fact that its almost virus free...and its free my favorite distro is openSuse...but mandriva and fedora is also good distros..i hate the fact that most people tend to think that linux is hard to install and you can't do anything with it becouse thats not true..I think openSuse,Mandrivas and Fedoras install i smooth as it can get and easy. And i can do everything i can do with a windows xp computer...play games with cedega and such Edit: I have had linux for about 5 years now