Why I chose Ubuntu after trying Windows 7
A couple of years ago I would probably easily dismiss the idea of trying out a new version of Windows on the basis of a Free Software ideology or the chorus of voices of Free Software or Open Source fans saying how it just sucks and I better not bother. But things have changed and while some may accuse me of betraying my own four freedoms or even worse the sin of promoting subjugation of computer users, my "evolution" (or de-evolution, perhaps, in some views), has exactly a lot to do with freedom. For what that's worth to would be detractors, it's freedom that I rediscovered, not that I betrayed.
But that's a much deeper topic so I'll suffice with saying that I found freedom to be a far more fundamental a concept than the legal crumbs you call "four freedoms" (hint: beyond copyright and government).
That's a part of what opened me up to the idea of trying out Windows 7, but partly it was also the recommendations of a friend who actually switched to it on his home computer and kept giving it rather high praise. He too used to be a big Free Software guy and a Linux advocate.
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