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Linux hardware support has really come quite a long way. Tons of drivers come with most Linux distros by default, making the Linux hardware experience a lot nicer in a lot of respects. There are still some rough spots (sane scanners, some wifi card chipsets, etc). But overall, my hardware has been well behaved more so than in windows. I don't hunt around for hardware installation discs anymore or deal with all of those annoying wizards with multiple restarts. The only thing I've had problems with is a scanner type which is poorly supported. I purchased it without really doing proper research.
Linux is my main operating system. The only other box I use personally now is a macbook.
There is a pretty good outlook for the future. A lot of vendors are wising up and starting to produce drivers themselves or open up a bit so others can.
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