content: Easier said than done, brother.  I'm a HARDCORE Linux user... at home.  But at work, school, and many group-activities I am FORCED to use Windows. Work won't provide me an OSx/Linux/Unix machine, and won't let me use my own hardware/software.  Thus, I'm stuck using Windows 7 (which could be worse), and I have absolutely NO say in the matter. School mandates that I use applications which don't have non-Windows equivalents.  Many of the  programs I have to use (such as AutoCAD) are strictly Windows-based, as well as the school-built collaborative programs.  As these programs require more memory and hardware than WINE or a virtual machine can provide, my school laptop is limited to ONLY being a Windows machine... and a Windows 8 machine at that. Then, when I work collaboratively with others, many of them use Windows and, like my school predicament, applications which ONLY have Windows equivalents.  And, no matter what level of pleading I use, none of them will switch to a Unix-type machine or to applications which facilitate non-Windows interfaces. Even though, at home, EVERY computer I use is an Arch system or an OSx system, I am FORCED to own a Windows machine outside of my home and use it for most of my productivity suite.