When I first tried Linux several years ago it was mainly out of (yawn) boredom with windoze and a little sheer curosity on what this clone of some far away arcane thing called unix was all about.

Didn't take long to see how it was so far superior at it's core. And with the miles and miles Linux has leaped ahead with what we have today, it's a no brainer:

To me, Linux wins on:

*Stability - rock solid baby
*Security - keep your prying spyware, self installin, DRMin' mits off MY system. Chump.
*Flexibility - Burger King concept. My way, right away.
*Freakin cool looking desktops.
*Much more functional desktops (many years after Unix / Linux had helpful things like virtual desktops, MS Win had what???? Microsoft Bob?)
*It's just more fun
and too many more to list.