I hate Ubuntu >:(
it makes me sad you've been having such a bad experience :(
ive had similar linux idiot moments where you just hate the thing tremendously (like when i tried to install a theme and instead overwrote all of gnome and started removing essential packages). the stability though... there's something to be said about this computer no longer crashing all the time, or having to configure and reconfigure the wireless.... both were a problem in windows 7 for me.

My experience is totally the opposite.  Ubuntu is unstable and unreliable (crashes, lock ups, CPU being ground to a halt, booting problems, blue screen of X, etc.), while Windows 7 has been stable and reliable.

After my experiences, I don’t understand how anyone can claim that Linux is stable, and I have to wonder if they’re lying.  But maybe experiences just differ.