PaulGear
I'm a consultant who works with Linux and related technologies, and part of the AustralianTeam. If you ask me, the year of Linux on the desktop was 1998. That was when i switched and i haven't used Windows or Mac as my main desktop/laptop since. Every year that goes by that i have a secure, reliable, well-performing desktop (which i didn't have to pay a cent for) is just gravy as far as i'm concerned.
I live in Brisbane's South-East, and i'm happy to be contacted about Ubuntu community stuff (although i can't always guarantee that i'll be available to help). You can email me at paul at libertysys dot com dot au or fill in the feedback form on my web site. I'm on IRC sometimes as "blahdeblah".