I switched to Ubuntu to get a true taste of freedom and took me a year to fully be able to do cool stuff on my machine and unlock its true potential thanks to:

http://www.webupd8.org/

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/#

http://itsfoss.com/

http://www.noobslab.com/

http://askubuntu.com/

http://ubuntuforums.org/

and the list goes on and on(The linux community is unfathomably huge) and now I look forward to help other people get used to and fall in love with Ubuntu. :)