[nicoburns]

The only things I've had issues with were:

- Device drivers and configuration of things like the X Server. From what I've heard this can be mitigated by buying well-supported hardware.

- Software that wasn't included in the distro's package repositories. This is where linux can really fall down in my experience, along with the fact software like MS Office isn't supported at all. But if you don't need anything beyond standard software then it can often "just work" more smoothly than something like Windows.

[the__alchemist]

Same experience re standard software - Generally works great out of the box if you can get through the installation process. Should have clarified re distro's packages working great too.