That is, easy without rediculous handholding a-la linspire or something like that.
Easy and powerful.
I can’t even pronounce (or spell) Umberto, I sure as heck wouldn’t install it on something I love.
JAUD (Just Another Unusable Distribution) is the distro I’m looking for. A little honesty in naming would be greatly appreciated.
I’ve personally enjoyed the challenge of learning a new OS when I installed Ubuntu 4 months ago. Yeah, it’s a real pain if you’re using an older wireless laptop with an older wireless card. Yeah, you have to jump through hoops to get it to recognize something like a Canon Bubblejet printer and I could go on. But I’ve got a great working version right now and I’m very happy with my laptop because 1) I did it and 2) it ain’t Windows.
So I installed it on my 2gz 1 gig ram desktop with a 64mb Nvidia video card then installed Compiz for the desktop effects. I never knew a desktop could be so cool. No wonder Vista ripped it off.
I put Kubuntu on my daughter’s desktop in her room and she loves it. With Kpete she can IM her friends on any messaging s/w like Yahoo or AIM at the same time. The media software for her music works great. Plus, she says Kubuntu is fun. She likes having a different desktop background on all four desktops.
I put it on her computer so I support it. I just wanted to get away from Windows and I think I’ve found what I was looking for. Plus, no virus software needed.
Having spent most of my adult life (life begins at 40) trying to get various versions of Unix and Linux to work on various platforms … I agree, go Suse or Fedoria.
Ever try to make Red Hat work?
I agree with the author.
Here’s my Ubuntu experience:
I came to Linux from XP (on my desktop PC—not a laptop) completely ignorant of Linux. (I still am, but I can do everything on my computer that I need it to do.)
18 mos. ago, having used one of Ubunutu’s lived discs for a peek, I used my work iBook to burn the ISO [because it’s a pain to do in Windows], and installed it on my 2nd hard drive— no problem— and then added the KDE desktop. The new OS found my mouse and my printer, so I was up and running.
I now use Kubuntu only. I can open a console for a command or two, use adept to add/remove programs and to update my OS [I use Eft now], and use forums to solve every other problem I’ve had. Kubuntu was easy enough for this newbie to get up and running. Bye-bye Windows.
By the way, my older brother, who stopped at Win 98, gave it a try, and he’s Kubuntu only now.