Some of these comments regarding linux vs Windows, and having to drop to command lines to do anything useful amuse me.

I'm a pro Windows sysadmin, and I have a linux server at home running mythtv. Windows server at least is leaning more and more towards using a command line interface. Indeed server 2008 can be installed with a CLI only, and the shell is no more powerful than ever. Which kinda goes against what most people think about windows. And for a more universal example, hop onto a Windows box 2000 or later, and try and display the IP address and associated details graphically - answer you cannot. There was one in 95 and 98(winipcfg) but it never appeared after that. Most liux distros have a utility to display the same information in the GUI.