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“Ubuntu” is evidently the African term for "F*ck Microsoft," because the latest version of this open-source Linux Operating System does pretty much everything the average user could ever want as well as, if not better than, Windows. True, it's a little crude in areas where Mac-enthusiasts like myself might notice (type rastering, for example). But for Windows users, the experience would differ little in appearances, and differ greatly in non-suckiness. I recently burned the latest version of Ubuntu 8.04 onto a CD-R and booted my MacBook off the disc with stunning results. Not only was Ubuntu fast (running off a CD, no less), it was also really polished. With Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, GIMP and a boatload of other free software pre-installed and ready to run, I could've done my day-to-day computer activities with no trouble at all. I could easily see changing over to Linux soon, were it not for the fact that Mac OSX is still my favorite OS for doing graphics. But if you're a typical PC user stuck with an Intel or AMD machine, you should SERIOUSLY try Ubuntu (it is free, after all), and at the very least create a dual-boot partition on your computer. You may soon find yourself never paying Micro$oft for software again.