RE: Moving from Windows to Linux

I have an Ubuntu dist sitting in my downloads folder but have not gone through the trouble. I am so sick of windows but today managed to figure out how to disable the updates in the registry and got it dealt with. I've run Ubuntu before so it is really nice to read your experiences with the other distros. I've been curious what the big differences are between them so this helps a bit. The big problem is the rebuilding my "desktop" so I have all the same type of programs available.