"But do you doubt for a moment that Longhorn will provide more improvements from Windows XP than desktop Linux will gain during the same period?" If I were rea

"But do you doubt for a moment that Longhorn will provide more improvements from Windows XP than desktop Linux will gain during the same period?" If I were reading that at the time the article was written I would probably be nodding my head in agreement. But I think the latest Ubuntu is generally much more usable than Vista. My 70 year old mom is sick to death of Vista, I'm going to be installing Ubuntu for her in a couple weeks, so I guess I'll get the chance to find out if I'm right.