:new: OS other than WINDOWS

Does any 1 use Lindows, Lindash, Suse Redhat or any other Linux OS. Please dont post links to webpages as i need 1st hand knowledge/experience on there general compatibility and performance compared to Windows.

they popular to use as webservers, as hardware firewalls.
Good for networking since all the work is done on the server.

but yeh wat do i know... i'm an aussie

using linux requires extensive use of shell commands. also the file structure is WAY different from windows. although, it has windows visual interface, it's not even close to windows. basically, if you know something about shell and scripting, try it out. it's a lot more stable than windows. also, it's better suited for networking and multiple users, since windows stold the idea from UNIX OS anyway.