Right at the time of writing the verdict the new Ubuntu 7.10 was released, making it perfect timing to wrap up our ten-part series on living in a Linux only world. Ten parts ago we embarked on this journey to see just how well Linux, and specifically Ubuntu, would handle being the sole operating system on my system and if it would handle everything I needed to do from work to play, day to day.

After all Linux has been developing rapidly and while, in recent years, it has made huge in-roads into being a comprehensive desktop operating system, there's always been something missing. But armed with the latest 6.06 release at the time of Ubuntu -- the darling of the Linux world, and a self-proclaimed distribution for the masses -- we asked the question: Can you really replace Windows with Linux, and get everything done that you need to get just as under Windows? Lets find out.

Tallying the scores

Over the series as I looked at various tasks -- everything from office applications and online banking through to media playback and games -- I gave them various ratings between Flop to Fantastic, with values like so:

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