If some permutation of Linux would have ever entered the mainstream in a serious manner to capture the consumer market, it would have already happened.
For those who can't stand Microsoft, get a Mac. It's your only serious alternative.
"For those who can't stand Microsoft, get a Mac. It's your only serious alternative."
If you wait just a bit, you should be able to get a new Intel Mac. The first ones will be announced next week at MacWorld. Then you'll be able to get software to run your old Windows software just fine at full speed, and you'll be able to run superior new Mac software.
2006 may well be the "year of the switch"!
I would like to point out there are almost as many desktop Linux users as there are Mac Users..