With the upcoming release of Windows 8, not everyone is getting so excited. If you read through this article http://www.extremetech.com/computing/121015-windows-8-may-drive-me-to-linux Written by Matthew Murray of Extremetech.com , you’ll understand why there is a real consideration for many people to switch over to Linux.
Basically, he is saying if Microsoft doesn’t change the pre-release version of Windows 8 to something that is more Windows centric for the final release, he is going to switch to Linux as a desktop operating system.