I finally got round to replacing Windows XP with Linux 3 years ago. I was sick and tired of the constant security problems with Windows, and being restricted to dial-up access meant updating antivirus software was painfully slow.
I've been working in *nix environments since the early '90s and liking it a lot. The powerful scripting abilities and the relative simplicity of the whole operating system appeal to me.
As soon as I found a driver for my modem I made the switch, and I haven't looked back since. I'm still using that old RH9 distro, but at least I've now managed to get wireless broadband.
Nowadays I mainly do web-related things, and what's better than a LAMP setup for that? Apache/MySQL/PHP handle the background stuff, while vim and GIMP take care of the rest.
I wrote my first book using OpenOffice and am now well on the way with my second.
I still have to suffer Windows at the office, but that's only 8 hours a day.
