Quote - I guess that just goes to show people why the free software can fall short and why we pay for software we really need to work.

 

To be honest, every OS falls short - just in different ways.  

I love using OSX for my CG bits because it's hyper-efficient when it comes to renders, has UNIX under-the-hood, is highly secure for the general consumer, and I can get nearly all of the software I want for it. It's also extremely stable over the long-term. I still have a bucketload of Windows applications (*.exe) from days gone by (and have no desire to go download OSX versions of them all), but for that I use a Windows 7 instance in VMWare Fusion if I have to run one. 

Windows falls short due to the need for CPU-sucking security software, driver-hunting, Winrot/Bitrot, occasional BSODs, and the need to jump deep into an opaque and easily-corrupted registry (or monkey with Powershell) to do anything more than mundane modifications. Note that I'm not even talking about the total abortion of a UI called Metro/Modern in Windows 8.

Personally, I would much, much prefer using Linux for everything because it presents the best of all worlds, but nobody seems to want to make software for it (unless we're talking high-performance enterprise software, which is why I use it heavily at work.)  I use Linux in my home server (no UI), where I set up a website that up/downloads pictures and documents that my wife needs - which in turn allows her to not need a laptop (a 32gb iPad and bluetooth keyboard serves her needs perfectly.) 

But then hey - them's the breaks :)