Datdude--
I've got plenty of friends who are wild-eyed, foaming-at-the-mouth MacFaithful. To them, still stuck in 1985 when Apple had something truly revolutionary to offer, everything about the Mac is night vs day when compared to ANY pc. You mention software, and they will shout themselves hoarse claiming that the 5 or 6 currently produced applications for the Mac can do everything a PC can. And don't even bother trying to explain that Photoshop, etc is now available on PC. These guys don't want to hear it, won't accept it, can't take the uncomfortable truth.
And yet when I read your posts suggesting that MC should go to linux, I wonder if you aren't just a little bit of the New Faith. I mean, I can see a lot of potential in linux, and the guys who built it deserve a lot of appreciation for their work, but how can you compare it to windows? Even if everything worked as well as windows, what software is there for it and what kind of user base is there?
I think the biggest factor in my frustration with trying suse linux is that everyone was talking about it like it was done and perfect. But it isn't even usable unless it's pre-configured, or you know what you're doing, as I'm sure you do. Okay, so you use it, but will it ever be appropriate for anyone beyond SysAds, programmers and the New Faithful?