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[Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"The time I invested into Linux".  I think this is a crucial difference.  With 
linux any time spent in dealing with problems is an investment that can be built 
on and stays relevant to future releasea/versions and even side-ways onto 
different distros.  With Windows it often seems to lead to a new dead-end.

I agree with the rest of the points especially about very much appreciating the 
community.

Ubuntu does seem to get a bit of flak about not contributing to the wider linux 
community but i think it has a crucial role as 
gatekeeper/door-person/greeter/receptionist.  It is the main distro that people 
first try or first settle with when they first try to migrate from Windows.  I 
know a few people from Answers that have gone onwards to become developers and 
sometimes migrated upstream or to other distros.  If it fulfills no other role i 
would say it has a crucial job in welcoming people into the 
gnu&linux/gnu&hurd/Bsd world.  A role it almost shares with Chrome and Apple, 
for all their faults too.

Many regards from
Tom :)

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