Heresy! [1208.1998]

Why am I not running Linux? Because I'm uninformed. I have no clue how to do the things I need to do in order to run linux effectively. Understand that I really want to run Linux, because I believe in opensource, and I'm impressed by how much software there is for it, and I think windows is a piece of crap.

But here's my Current Linux Laundry List - stuff I need to do before Linux becomes truly usable to me.

• Get linux to recognize my network card (otherwise, so no cablemodem, and no internet!)
• Figure out how to make X11 support my video card (currently I'm at 256 colors)
• Get my sound card working, and find some audio editing software.
• Get my Wacom Penpartner to work, so I can draw with the Gimp.
• Get my window manager to let me switch windows with my keyboard after it's been running more than ten or twenty minutes.