I've been involved with Linux since 1993 and it is a great server os but I am skeptical of the linux desktop since over time there has not beeen a trajectory of improvement but rather things have gotten worse.
Same here. I was even a strong Linux advocate at my University and did subscribe to Linux Format for around 10 years.
Somehow, the GNU/Linux desktop seems to always miss something in these 20 years of GNU/Linux, whereas Mac OS X and Windows are closer to the whole Amiga experience to GUI focused guys like myself.