Man, I love Linux. Rocks. Been running it going on 7 years ... erm ... on 2 different servers. So, I've been living in SSH (Putty, more exact.) BASH FTW!
I tried it as a desktop - but - alas, no game support.
I'm too lazy to set up a dual-boot ... or, more like it- I'm too lazy to boot into it then restart and boot into win - I like seeing 1 month uptimes - XD
So, Winblows XP for me.
Like HELL I'd ever run Vista. UGH. And of course, I've got a copy of Vista - legit even. They gave it to me with my Laptop - said "Here, take this, you'll upgrade that shiny new laptop to a 486sx-25 / 4mb. You'll be KEWL LEET ZOMGX0rZ!!!"
Yeah, sure. I take one look at this "ready for vista" laptop - and laugh at the notion that it's even capable of running vista. At all, let alone good.
My Linux builds of choice:
- RedHat/Slackware ( Server & net applications. Good ol' classic builds. )
- Debian ( Desktop - feature rich & e-z with Apt/Aptitude )