Like most people I use Microsoft Windows and Office on my computer at work, and up until recently I had a similar setup for my home computer. But I recently changed to use the Ubuntu version of Linux and OpenOffice at home and and feel that both systems perform comparably.

I have never been a big fan of Windows or Office. To my mind Windows and Office have always been clunky and unreliable, and I have always begrudged the price for them. I have also never been a big fan of Macintosh products either, for similar reasons and have never liked their higher pricing. But up until reasonably recently I felt that there was no comparable alternative.

I actually worked extensively with Unix during the 1980’s, and have long known about Linux, but felt it was too difficult to maintain.

Ubuntu has changed my mind.