Yeah Linux is pretty solid, and ThunderBird and Firefox are far better than Outlook and Internet Explorer anyhow. If you're just looking for the basics - internet/email/word processing, then Ubuntu has everything pre-installed and you dont have to add anything else.
I would love to see game development expand out into Linux and directly install into a Linux environment instead of using tools like WINE. I think OpenGL needs to be improved on to kick DX10's butt before that can fully take hold though.







