I just read Free Software Magazine's article about the state of Linux hardware support. While I agree in many ways about the lack of vendor support for Linux, there is another side to the story. Think about the last time you bought a piece of hardware that worked perfectly with Linux. If you were running Windows, you would probably have had to install some software, reboot, configure the software, and so on. On Linux, though, you probably just plugged it in and watched it work.