My laptop's battery lasts 4hs on Linux (Ubuntu) and about 3hs on Windows (Vista). There are so many reasons to recommend Linux, I would have to bore you to death with a list thousands of KBytes long (plain text), I would start by explaining that Linux makes a much better use of your computer's resources, battery life span is an example, the battery is obviously the same yet Windows sucks out all the power in less time than Linux. I admit that Linux can be a little bit tricky to install and configure but once sorted it will never fail you, no crashes, no blue-death screens, no annoying update pop-ups, and a very long etc. Distributions such as Ubuntu have greatly improved the user interface and simplified install and upgrade processes to a point that have become very close to friendly, this includes the option of having a dual boot -that is, both Windows and Linux x, which means you can have both systems on the same computer and choose which one you want to use seconds after turning the computer on.

But there is more. Linux is so far the biggest Open Source project, the result of years of collaboration of an international community of developers. And it is free, Linux is a non-commercial software that you can download for free any time. (...)