Linux user gives thumbs down to Ubuntu

[mandy]

The distribution of choice when it comes to a first go these days is Ubuntu - even though the recommendations come from users of various distributions.

It's easy to see why Ubuntu is the chosen one (pun intended) - one only has to pop in a CD on any fairly modern PC and see the results. A graphical desktop is available for use fairly soon and anyone who wishes to take the next step and install the distribution has a very easy setup to follow. Of course, there are plenty of other distributions which are equally usable - Ubuntu just happens to be the one which is best-known...

full article: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9398/1090/

[rose]

Things reached such a stage last year that some Debian developers turned up at a conference wearing T-shirts which said "F... Ubuntu."

I'd never use it but Ubuntu is a good introductory Linux distro for non-techie Windows converts.