Last week my four year old Windows XP installation started creaking at the seams and doing all kinds of weird things so I decided to back up my data and give Ubuntu a try. I’ve been switching back and forth between operating systems for the last eight years, installing Linux, getting frustrated or missing certain aspects of Windows.

Not so this time! I can’t see myself making a permanent switch back to Windows, Ubuntu has everything I need. Anything that didn’t come pre-installed is easily installed with APT. Should I need Windows for anything, I’m running XP virtualised under VirtualBox (which so far seems superb).

Overall, OS X is my preferred operating system but I’m more than happy with Ubuntu. Hopefully I can stick with it for more than a few weeks this time.