scottie on 14 August 2008
No-one can decide for you whether it's worth it or not.
It's not as prone to viruses as windows, requires much lower system resources (and thus increases battery life on laptops) is very simple to use (besides the initial set up)
There are very few programs available on windows only (and if you're a programmer then there's a few linux exclusives) and if there are any windows programs then dual booting is an option
I personally have Xubuntu, and can recommend all of the ubuntu family.
ubuntu is good, Xubuntu is simple and nice - with very low system resources. kubuntu is used in alot of universities so if you're a uni student you may have used it before.
Of course, if your computer is purely a gaming pc, then use Windows xp
