Switching to Linux: Impressions

I recently switched to Linux on my Compaq M2000. Windows was slow, buggy and problematic. I switched to Ubuntu 6.10 and have been quite happy. I had already used Linux in the computer in my room, in the form of Mandriva 2006, but this was the first time I was using it on a regular basis. Overall, I'm very impressed. It's quite nice, even on a laptop. Standby works, Wireless should work with a little ndiswrapper, and even my new Win/Mac Dreamweaver 8 copy works fine under Wine, allowing me to write webpages on my Compaq very easily. I've heard reports that Flash 8 and Fireworks 8 also run on Linux - I'm gonna try that out. For those who haven't heard of Wine, it's a Windows simulation layer for Linux that allows you to run some windows programs. With the exception of web page creation, most every need, however, has been filled by a Linux program (and a free one, too) anyway. So I am very happy and thoroughly enjoy Ubuntu. Setup was painless and it automatically detected my hardware. Ubuntuguide.com helped me through adding non-open-source features, such as flash and Java. I especially enjoyed Automatix2, a simple program for adding popular multimedia and other apps to Ubuntu.