My struggle with Linux

I love Linux!
When I got Linux running, a few weeks ago, on my brand new computer, I felt the love with which it has been made.
Everything ran so smoothly, everything is so configurable. Linux has a great potential, and I hope that more and more people will discover its beauty.
However, there are still things to be done.
Although more and more hardware is functioning very well under Linux, there are still devices that don't, or don't work automatically.
The good thing is, there is always a way to fix it, but the effort it will take, can be so huge, that no one will do it.
I am motivated more than ever, to make this system work, at least as good as Vista, or preferably better, so that someday I will say "Hasta la vista" to Windows Vista, and continue working on Linux.
I should not forget to mention that when I talk about Linux, I mean: Linux-based system. There is a lot more software than Linux alone, that is needed to make the system work as contemporary computer users expect.
So that includes the GNU family, X, some window manager like KDE or Gnome, etc. etc.
Apart from my efforts to make my system work, I want to report about the problems I encountered and how I solved them. I think this will be helpful for myself, and maybe even for others.