"As to the alternate OSes, I imagine
the lack of localization for Icelandic
has kept the *nix revolution at bay
there. I haven't seen this localization
for Linux anyway (and I looked,
hoping to install an Icelandic localized
version to help learn)."
Not at all. There is a very lifely *nix
community here - and methinks KDE has been
translated into Icelandic. I can send you
the address of a friendly Linux-guru I know,
if you want.