i use it to run the only disk recovery tool that makes any sense to me: GNU Ddrescue

There's all sorts of drivers and utilities that only run under linux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPPcgN6PawU&t=0m45s&hd=1
http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?...bility_drivers

Hardware that runs better on linux:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
http://www.handlewithlinux.com/faste...tric-superbike

And this just makes me mad:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ps3...ack,10035.html (i still have 3.15 firmware on mine)


if you need some ideas:
http://lifehacker.com/tag/linux/?p=1&replies=collapsed