New Format and Direction

Its been months since I have posted, I know. I have done a lot in reference to open source/Linux communities. I have been shouting from the highest mountains "DOWN WITH VISTA"

I feel that my attitude in that respect has reached its limits. I feel the need for a new forum and a new debate. The rant begins.

I use two Windows XP machines at work. Both of the machines I use combinations of Firefox/Safari/Flock/Opera Web browsers. My primary goals of internet use: Gmail, Google Reader, Picasa Web albums, Facebook and twitter. To meet these goals, I do not require any given OS. Thus the argument of Linux vs. Windows, FOSS vs. proprietary software, is irrelevant in terms of my everyday use.

Easy of use vs. stability, both FOSS and Windows based systems have their ups and downs. Windows has more software available and tends to have better hardware support (XP). Linux on the other hand obviously has a good reputation in terms of stability. I can customize linux to my hearts content, plus one for linux. But the reality of the dream, microsoft killing, 1337 haxor OS is well, a dream. I can't even watch most video formats in linux. (Before you say what about 3rd party repositories etc. Forget it, it takes to much time and in my exp. still fails) TIME troubleshooting vs. Flawless use, that is the age old problem. I don't want to fix issue in linux(Ubuntu) as much as I don't want to fix issues on a Vista machine.

Attempt to get back on track..

Your persistent data/system setup is not necessary. Everything I care about on my machines is in the 'tubes' (Google services, Steam account for games) or on an external hard drive thus the computer I am using does not matter!

Am I getting clearer?

Anything I need I can put on a external device or in the 'tubes'. Changes to my hardware only need to configured for the current desired task. I don't need a 2000 dollar machine to browse the web, just as much as I do need a 2000 dollar machine to game.

What I want: A machine I can quickly switch environments pertaining to my needs/task.
I.E a 'bare metal' 'OS' or 'Operating Task Environment' (OTE-a term I just coined, check the patent office)

What I want to discuss:

What is an OTE?
How are they made?
What do they run on?
Are they virtual? Would it be capable of gaming?
Is this already availible?
Is this possible due to GPL vs. Windows EULA?
What kind of overhead is necessary?
Would this be based off of a single machine or some sort of cluster?
Is OTE to 'far-out' to discuss?