[dkarl]

You have had the worst luck with Linux that I have ever heard of. Among my dozen or so personal and work acquaintances who have installed Linux for desktop use, none of them have put in one tenth of the work you have, and all of them have multiple fully functional desktop systems to show for it. My condolences for your absolutely spectacular bad luck.

[bane]

nod, I suppose, but a quick peruse of various Linux help forums will show I'm not really all that rare. This is a reality that the community is going to have to come to terms with.

Is it better than it used to be? Sure! Is it competitive? Not really.