Performance is not the limiting factor keeping people from switching to Linux. If I could take my current desktop PC, swap to Linux, and all the hardware and a

Performance is not the limiting factor keeping people from switching to Linux. If I could take my current desktop PC, swap to Linux, and all the hardware and all the software I like (including games) would Just Work(tm) without me spending weeks to months diagnosing (and inevitably giving up on some of what I want), I'd swap in a heartbeat. But that is not the reality we live in. It's gotten better, but frankly I doubt it ever will really get to the point of usability for someone like me.