Dotan Cohen wrote: >> are there situations where debian is preferable (eg older hardware)? > > Extreme devotion to FOSS ideals, environments where security and > stability are most important. > >> are there situations where ubuntu is preferable (eg picking up newer >> hardware)? >> > > Installing for new Linux users, hardware that does not have good FOSS > drivers, very tolerant community I can't say the situation is any better for Windows users in this regard, especially video drivers. At least Linux users are somewhat less screwed in that they still have a machine functional enough to complain about it on the internet without having working graphics. You should see some of the problems users of OpenGL on Windows face. The Second Life forums at http://forums.secondlife.com/ have many threads from Windows users trying to get the latest nvidia and ATI drivers working with OpenGL on Windows. At least for gamers and Second Life users, Linux is downright cuddly by comparison.
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