wastedyears, check out pinguy os.
“Pinguy OS an out-of-the-box working operating system for everyone, not just geeks
This OS is for people that have never used Linux before or for people that just want an out-of-the-box working OS without doing all the tweaks and enhancements that everyone seems to do when installing a fresh copy of Ubuntu or other Linux based Distro’s.”
I use that on a laptop and Linux Mint on a dell, in addition to my macs. Pinguy has all the usual suspects covered nicely, and works well, out of the box.
Downloaded it and burned to DVD. Booted it. Ha! Same ol’, same ol’. It boots and a note appears there’s a wireless network available, I should go to Network to configure. But Network gives no intuitive, sensible method of discovering a wireless network let alone configuring one.
I’ve tried several distros including Ubuntu, Mint, etc. and they’re all the same. Trying to set up a wireless network is absurd for the casual user.
I’ve basically had it with Linux. It’s created by geeks, with little intuitive knowledge into the everyday computer user. Windows may have its faults, but it’s easy for the average Joe to understand. Linux will never, ever, get there based on the same ol’ way of thinking.