I knew I would get used to using this machine. After all, it would be the computer I could take with me to the office when I go over there and be productive, then take that work home (you know, if I didn't finish it at the office) and continue. It would be the computer I would take with me on the road when I travel, either for vacation, or when going to pericope studies, even pastors' conferences and conventions. And I actually use it in those places to do things, to do real things.

And here's the kicker. I'm comfortable doing it. I know what I'm doing. I mean, I'm no expert at this OS, but I get by. And what I can't figure out, the internet is a terrific resource for line commands and programs to use to get done what I need to get done. And installing programs is so much easier here than in Windows.

And, speaking of Windows, here's the other kicker. I don't miss Windows. Seriously! Almost everything I can do in Windows, I can do with my linux machine. There are only two things that I am doing without (and, really, they aren't big deals): latest flash player (Linux users are currently stuck at version 7, while Windows users have version 9...some web sites require "the latest version" to function properly), but that is being worked on by Adobe, from what I understand, and the ability to play all DVDs (some DVDs are non-free to play, so to speak, and Windows has the licenses to play them, actual DVD players, for all intents and purposes, aren't affected). Also, it is true I'm more comfortable using some Windows programs, such as Photoshop over The Gimp, but I know The Gimp well enough right now that I can do some things, and I'm sure I can learn it well enough to use it as well as or even better than Photoshop.

So, the short of it is, I like linux!

Now, the computer joke of the household (though speaking long-term, not a joke), is that our next computer is going to have a DVD-burner on it (great idea for large storage backup...though a blu-ray burner would be nice for really large storage backup). And it'll probably have a pretty large HDD and be a dedicated file server. Windows? Probably, just so it communicates nicely with everything in our house (though I could do that with linux, too.