Just bought myself a D-Link DWL-G630 and it just works out of the box on Ubuntu 7.10 ( Gutsy Gibbon )!
I’m getting the feeling that Linux will be a valid choice for the big audience in 2 years. The user experience is top notch, but here and there there are some quirks that only a tech-savvy user can solve. ( eg: my Belkin wireless USB device did not work out of the box ).
Also: the latest Flash Player (r.115) for Linux does not run on Opera 9.25, it does run on Firefox. But that configuration failed a small test where I tried to upload some files through a Flex app I built. Gonna figure that one out in the days to come.

I think I’m gonna make the big jump this year. I’m tired of Windows. Not because I get a lot of BOD’s ( blue screens of death ) or that I am crashing all the time, no, I’m just tired of using it. I want something new and I want to be a part of the revolution that is ahead of us.

In the last few month I’ve managed to set up our own file / application / staging server with Ubuntu 7.10 and it works really great! Once you get the hang of what is where, then it becomes a real joy to work with Putty. ( Yes, Putty is a Windows program and it does run great. But as I said. It’s not that I hate windows, I’m just ready for something new and fresh after they screwed up the bloatware that is Vista ).

OS X is also a no go for me. I admit they make some great machinery ( love almost all off there products ), but I’m affraid that they will become as Evil Knievel as M$ or ( even worse! ) the $ony Pony. They locked us in with the iPod iTunes combo, they try to lock us in with the iPhone, they try to lock their OS to their systems. I know why they do it, but you’ve got to admit that it sucks that all those songs you bought on the iTunes Store can’t be used everywhere you want ( without installing extra plugins etc. ). Because they are so successfull in what they do ( and you will find yourself surrounded with their products in a few years from now ), they need a counterweight.

For me that weight is Linux.

http://www.ubuntu.com
( If you need some help setting up your first Ubuntu ( my favourite flavour at the moment ), please give me a yell at info@web..votion.be ).