Is Pre Big-Bang Agnosticism a Belief?

Upon further reflection, I am going to give OS X at least another revision,
i.e. Tiger. I want to go ahead and get myself a G5 tower and experience the
next release of OS X; after that, however, I am going to start looking
heavily at options. Here are some considerations:

OS X Benefits

Hardware Detection:OS X detects things like my Firewire drive and
Sony digital camera without incident, i.e. I do nothing to
make them work. When I get to that point in Linux, it’ll be time.

PDA/Phone synchronization:I’ll need my Linux box to work with
whatever uber-device I’m using at the time as seamlessly as could be
accomplished on OS X. When that’s possible in Linux, it’ll be time.

Nifty Interface Perks:I’d be lying if I said that certain things like
Expose and the overall GUI feel didn’t appeal to me. They do. This is a
significant, albeit minor, advantage to OS X.

Linux Benefits

No lame DRM crap:I’ll be less inclined to subscribe to services such
as iTunes music store that fail to reward the artist and at the same time
limit what I can do with what I have purchased. I’ll find superior models
for rewarding artists while getting unpoisoned content in the process.

The Squeaky-Clean Feeling:Call it ego, the desire to condescend, or
whatever — there is no feeling like running an open, free operating system.
It makes everything seem more pure, from the participation in forums to the
simple act of using email. I guess I need to explore whether or not this is
completely ego-based, but regardless of the reason — it’s very real.