So linux is the next logical step? I know at least GTK has some pretty ugly windows95-like errr... window decorations. But the games ... the games it's what keeps me from switching. Also the fact that I just know windows. If I were to switch to linux I would need to hire a mentor that shows me how to do exactly what I was doing on windows.
Funny story: installed ubuntu 8.04 to play with it and it's default image viewer wasn't playing gifs. Found no option to enable playing either.
I just hope wine will evolve alot. Ah, my dream of everything being virtualized in a way that software/drivers wouldn't matter anymore...