More and more happy I left Windows behind a couple of months ago. I'd been on Windows since version 3. I dual-booted for a few weeks, then took the plunge. Windows is completely gone from my life.
I'm on Ubuntu at the moment, but I'm planning a move to LMDE, I think that's a better distro for me.
When I was a kid, my dad gave me a pair of socks that repel lions. I've never seen a lion while wearing those socks, so I know they work.