I've had something of a psychotic break this week (partly due to a 36-hour straight paper-writing binge) and I'm seeing the world a little differently. I've been dabbling with some open source software and so far I like what I see.

Now I'm toying with the idea of defenestrating completely and taking the Linux plunge. But I still have some reservations and a lingering fear that something important isn't going to be supported. The only major thing I've found so far is that Quickbooks Pro is something of a problem, and what solutions there are are not free.

So, somebody sell me on Linux, particularly from the point of view of somebody who is still going to have to be technologically interdependent with Microsoft colleagues. It seems like Open Office will take care of a lot of the compatibility issues, but what else might I be missing? (And don't bother with the security stuff; I already know that is a major Linux advantage.)