Wow pretty cool discussion I was bored at home after a late night of deployments. I am moving to HK next year and found this site then saw the tech section wanted to see what knowledge is here.
Seems like there are some people here with some good knowledge. I am a linux user I love it, I run gentoo it is very good for customizing your desktop/ server what ever you use. But I also use windows for some things it has a purpose and can be useful I am not am not biased just towards open source stuff, if I am going to make a machine for a friend for relative if their knowledge is low, it is going to be windows all the way, the last thing I want to do is support it, there is enough windows users out to help them for me. I would rather spend my time on my own projects. Each to their own I say.
I have used the compiz window manager that was posted at the start of this thread it does some really cool things, but I am sure the admins here in this forum don't really care about eye candy I surely don't, I got my first nerds calling when I got excited about seeing a terminal for the first time and the cool things I can do with it, knowing I can simplify tasks with just a few commands. Most of us just want to get the job done in the least amount of time and have more time to play :-) I mean isn't that what being a sysadmin is all about?