a simple premise

So here is said premise: can I move my non-work digital life from pure windows dependence to Linux?

I've heard plenty of people insist that Linux is no harder to setup and use than my precious windows and infinitely more stable. I've also heard that almost any piece of software you could want is available for Linux and almost all of it is free. Damn. Where do I sign up.

Now that is what I had heard. Now here is the reality. I've attempted to install and run Linux twice before. Once on my laptop and once for the purpose of a PVR MythTV box. I eventually got both running but little beyond that. I want to become comfortable in Linux and have little things like my screen resolution working. Let's see if it can be done.