I’ve broken down and installed Windows XP on my desktop. You know in the end, Windows still does make a much better desktop than Linux. I’ll probably install Linux in a VM and hack on stuff.. but it’s not really ready for a real home desktop quite yet. (Especially one with weird hardware)
Of course this is after a year of running an only Linux desktop.. it does feel quite weird to see the Windows XP blue. But I promised to myself this year that I would be more practical than religious about these things.