I flattened my laptop on Sunday gone, and laid down a Kubuntu Feisty Fawn installation.  It’s been a while since Flyingfish (the name of the laptop) was an exclusively Linux box, and I have many memories of quirks and problems.  However, Linux has come a long way since I last had it installed on the laptop.  Things that surprised or pleased me:

• K ->  Log Out -> Suspend works, as does resuming from suspend
• The media buttons of my Inspiron 8200 just work
• Amarok’s MusicBrainz integration
• Right-click n audio file, click preview, and it plays in an embedded player

It should be borne in mind that I use Linux daily, but in a VMware session that has no audio, need to suspend or media buttons; or I’m working with RedHat/CentOS servers, which only have a command line.

Applications like Konversation and Kopete are certainly more mature now – I remember when I used to use the bleeding edge of Kopete to get webcam support; it’s now a mainstream feature.

Life is good in the Linux desktop land (for me at least).