I just fired up a machine with Nvidia drivers running on XP and Nvidia drivers on Linux. Weirdly the Linux system runs much better. I wonder if that's a Linux thing or an Nvidia thing. My laptop likewise runs games better under Linux than Windows Vista, it has a basic integrated Intel GFX chip.
Perhaps they are older versions of Windows, so it's not really a fair comparison. But it's interesting nonetheless. Perhaps gaming under Linux might prove better.
That's not to say there isn't value in that. I've been really happy to connect with old acquaintances over just a message or two. I don't really want much more contact than that.
I get what you are saying. The one good thing about Facebook is that it took a lot of that fluff out of my inbox. But could I not have learnt to manage/gloss over it?
The thing that Facebook does well - is tracking down contacts - to add to your 'address book.' It's not so easy in the world of email. That's because we aren't publishing our address books publicly (probably for good reason.)
Perhaps they are older versions of Windows, so it's not really a fair comparison. But it's interesting nonetheless. Perhaps gaming under Linux might prove better.