I haven't posted on /. for quite some time, but... I need to know what part of the world you live in that it's not taking over? More and more I'm meeting people, normal honest-to-God human people just out there who have converted to Linux. I meet people all the time in coffee shops, book stores, shopping malls, whathaveyou, and there really aren't many Windows users where I live anymore. I've been running KDE 4.3.2 for a few weeks now; more than ever I'm advocating this software. Linux isn't about propaganda, it's not about winning or losing, it's organically ending up on desktops, laptops, servers, cell phones, etc. Try out Kubuntu, if you don't find it easy to support your hardware and set your desktop up, then you'd have a hard time doing it on Windows too.