For a while now, I've been losing interest in Microsoft and their omnipresence on my desktop. Outside of a brief fling with a Mac, I've always had one form of Windows or another. However, it's getting to the point where I'd rather see more competition and have begun to explore the world of Linux more. Gabe Newell raised concerns about the borderline monopoly MS has a couple of years ago, and has since been pushing for Valve's own variant of Linux, so there are already quite a lot of games supported on the OS (a good 1500-2000 last I checked).
A little while back I actually went and tossed Ubuntu on my desktop and have been fiddling around, getting a feel for it. I'm by no means a guru at using Linux, but for what I want to do with my computer, basically use the internet, write stuff in a word processor, use spreadsheets, and play games, the thing works fine. It took some doing to get Steam working properly but now that it does, it's pretty neat to have an alternative to Windows in my house that doesn't necessitate me tossing money at some mega corporation.
Looking at Windows 10, as much as it may be getting glowing reviews for how it performs thus far, I'm also concerned with the apparent privacy issues that have been coming up. I don't fancy sharing all sorts of information with Microsoft and don't trust them with it anyway. It may be as simple as seeing what programs I have open at a given time, but it's the principle of it all.
I'm sure I'll wind up with it anyway, probably when the time comes to get a new laptop, but for now I really don't want to bother with Windows 10. Between my growing dislike for MS market share, and growing interest in Linux it just doesn't feel like there's a huge rush to embrace the new OS.
