You could move your entire OS to a USB thumbdrive and use it on *any* PC with Ubuntu. Try doing that (legally) with Windows

I never anticipated this "war"...

You just had to say that, didn't you?

I never said that it was a complete replacement for Windows for everyone. All I said was that it started up faster than Windows.

Yes...

I stand semi-corrected.

I suggested that over in the comments Lifehacker and so far there has been about 80 replies, most of them yelling at me about why I should stop forcing them to switch OSes (when I only said that Ubuntu is faster)

XP was the last Windows that needed to be defragmented

I've seldom found anything not in the repositories that can't be installed with a few clicks or >5 commands, which can usually be copy-pasted...

I got starred on #tips...

The only problem with that is that many (many, not all) users' reason for using Windows is that that's what their computer came with, and that they think that you have to have an advanced degree in computer programming to use Linux...

[appdb.winehq.org]

Photoshop on Ubuntu: [appdb.winehq.org]

Are you saying that Ubuntu is a beta?

[help.ubuntu.com]

Does Windows have an easy-to-use central repository, where almost any program for Ubuntu is available with only a few clicks? I didn't think so. I'm going to have to say that it is a very intelligent way of installing...

Well... Yeah... But... Umm...

Maybe I'm not regular...

On my laptop, the keys almost press themselves

I see. My mistake (literally)