The first 3 distributions I would recommend to try out would be Ubuntu, Fedora Core or Gentoo.   I have been using GNU/Linux for several years as a server OS.  It is amazing the breadth and quality of the free software available for the platform.  Thank God/Allah/FSM for Free/Open Source software de...

Then wouldn't that be a change of nature? A gradual change, yes, but a change nonetheless. Interesting convo...I wonder if a neat adventure game could be cooked up from this one thought? Maybe not in itself, but in the character development in the story as a focus. Already done, Planescape: Torment...