strange, i found that it was far easier to deal with fonts in ubuntu than anything else. i drop ttf’s in there and it Just Works ™. i get most of my “support” from the wiki, various install guides, and google.

the thing that most often keeps it from being “desktop-ready” for me is how unstable gnome is. the additional thing that most often keeps it from being “laptop-ready” is power management. assuming a well-supported wireless chipset, wireless management was actually easier for me in linux than in windows, though that’s certainly not the case for everyone. and then there is the whole issue of linux hardware support….