I can't argue for Linux in general as I find most distros too old school for me, but Ubuntu with Unity is better to me as a consumer desktop than Windows 7. I

I can't argue for Linux in general as I find most distros too old school for me, but Ubuntu with Unity is better to me as a consumer desktop than Windows 7. I guess you have some very specific proprietary applications in mind, line Netflix, but they are what they are because of Netflix, there's nothing in Ubuntu that prevents Netflix from creating a great Ubuntu client. I have no idea about Windows 8, as I have never used it.