Perhaps in North America we need to wake up. I've been running Linux on our family PC for almost a year now with very few problems -- it's definately ready for the desktop.
The user experience is in fact superior -- I had to dual-boot back to XP for a couple of days to get at some data, and Hiyat was less than happy with it -- she said now that she's used to linux it felt cheap.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/linux-wins-over-new-fans/2006/09/04/1157222061911.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
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