Vista vs. Linux - Which is REALLY better?

I'm sick of this "just get more ram!" bullshit. My 286 did almost as much functionality-wise as my current multi-ghz machine. Yeah, really. Sure, there was no multi-tasking, but I did the mostly the same things as I do today.
Hello, fuckers, just because you can eat ram doesn't mean you should. It costs money and also reduces the number of programs you can run.
I can see it now: in another ten years programs will have minimum footprint of 1GB, but they'll just do more of the same.

Hey, you 2, shut up and leave.
Vista has possibilities that we all know hackers are working on, and is good for a default starting point.
Linux is a good alternative, seeing as how you probably needed Windows just to get to the free download site.
You have to thank Vista for allowing the ability to download Linux, and for Linux for trying not to interfere with Microsoft as we all know they can't make a decent game for the death of them.