On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:13:34 -0600, Lostgallifreyan
wrote:

The cloud/walled garden thing is what bothers me. It was never really so much
what OS we choose, but why we choose it. Choose one to live by, is my advice.
Make it home. Otherwise it will always someone else's home.

I think you're in the tiny minority, though. Most people use
applications, not an OS, so endless OS customizing isn't something
most people are interested in. Does it do what they need? If so, then
they use it and move on. Most people I deal with couldn't care less
which version of Windows is running, as long as they can do what they
want to do, such as get their email and Facebook updates.

IMHO, of course, based on what I see.