Things I Have Tried...

[1roxtar]

Linux Distros: Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Fedora, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, Puppy Linux & Derivatives, DSL, Moblin, Google ChromeOS...all within the space of one year, 2009.

Bootlegs: Tiny2K, TinyXP, Tiny7 (I know, they're not quite legal, but I was curious)

Authentic Microsoft: Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000/NT, XP, Vista, & 7.

All in all, my favorite OS/Distro is UBUNTU. I have tried it on various desktops, laptops, and netbooks and have had nothing but amazing experiences. Any little hiccups have been fixed with ease, thanks to the Ubuntu Community. It is "my" Linux and I have also successfully installed it in several friend's and family's computers.

My brother has a Vista laptop and uses a Sprint broadband card for his internet. He lives in an apartment and gets only about a 30% signal strength, at best. He was amazed that my little Acer Aspire One netbook, running Ubuntu 9.10, immediately detected his Sprint card and got a 100% signal.

He asked me if Ubuntu would work with his laptop and I told him that we could find out tomorrow(I didn't have my Ubuntu Live USB stick with me). Nevertheless, I left my netbook with him and told him to get familiar with it for a day or two and then we would see if we could take the next step with his computer.

My plan is to try a dual-boot and if he gets the hang of it, we'll move forward to a full install (maybe by the time that Ubuntu 10.04 LTS comes along). Overall, I am Ubuntu and proud of it...I even bought the silver stickers to place on all my Ubuntu machines.

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[craig10x]

What? You didn't try Linux Mint? (lol)...of course that is really Ubuntu underneath :)

You may have saved me a lot of "distro hopping" :lolflag:

[trixman]

Linux Distros: Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Fedora, Mandriva, PCLinuxOS, Puppy Linux & Derivatives, DSL, Moblin, Google ChromeOS...all within the space of one year, 2009.

Bootlegs: Tiny2K, TinyXP, Tiny7 (I know, they're not quite legal, but I was curious)

Authentic Microsoft: Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000/NT, XP, Vista, & 7.

All in all, my favorite OS/Distro is UBUNTU. I have tried it on various desktops, laptops, and netbooks and have had nothing but amazing experiences. Any little hiccups have been fixed with ease, thanks to the Ubuntu Community. It is "my" Linux and I have also successfully installed it in several friend's and family's computers.

My brother has a Vista laptop and uses a Sprint broadband card for his internet. He lives in an apartment and gets only about a 30% signal strength, at best. He was amazed that my little Acer Aspire One netbook, running Ubuntu 9.10, immediately detected his Sprint card and got a 100% signal.

He asked me if Ubuntu would work with his laptop and I told him that we could find out tomorrow(I didn't have my Ubuntu Live USB stick with me). Nevertheless, I left my netbook with him and told him to get familiar with it for a day or two and then we would see if we could take the next step with his computer.

My plan is to try a dual-boot and if he gets the hang of it, we'll move forward to a full install (maybe by the time that Ubuntu 10.04 LTS comes along). Overall, I am Ubuntu and proud of it...I even bought the silver stickers to place on all my Ubuntu machines.

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nice story, it seems like by word of mouth and when people actually see ubuntu for themselves they enjoy the OS.

[HappyFeet]

Have you not heard the news? Ubuntu is not ready for the mainstream. I beg you not to waste yours, or your friends time by putting that crap known as ubuntu on his machine. Windows is the OS of the gods, and we all know it. All hail windows!

[1roxtar]

^^Above message^^ Hahaha! You're funny!!!

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[n0glu3]

^^Above message^^ Hahaha! You're funny!!!

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[1roxtar]

What? You didn't try Linux Mint? (lol)...of course that is really Ubuntu underneath :)

You may have saved me a lot of "distro hopping" :lolflag:

Oooops! I did leave out Linux Mint. I've used Versions 6,7,and 8. While I do like it, I don't get why so many people say it's more user-friendly than Ubuntu. In my opinion, Ubuntu is much less complicated to navigate around with and easier to understand. For still being less than a year old as a linux user, I find Ubuntu a snap to install, to navigate through and finding stuff working much more smoother. Any tweaks and glitches have been simpler to fix, as well.

[craig10x]

it's funny you should mention about Ubuntu actually being easier to navigate around then Linux Mint...When i tried it, i found it to be kind of attractive (and liked the green theme...lol) but it did seem a bit harder to find things then in Ubuntu where everything is neatly laid out in the tabs on top....

i tried Linux Mint 7 first...(after having a 8.10 Wubi install) but ended up permanently installing Ubuntu 9.04 instead (full install..windows removed)......

[Glucklich]

What? You didn't try Linux Mint? (lol)...of course that is really Ubuntu underneath :)

You may have saved me a lot of "distro hopping" :lolflag:

I wouldn't substitute another user's experience for experimenting the things by myself. What might be right for him, might not be for you.

But since you tried Mint, there's a chance you might be joking about that :P

[bkmfs]

Super OS 9.04 is my drug of choice. It's another Ubuntu derivative and extremely user friendly (and probably illegal).

[1roxtar]

Super OS 9.04 is my drug of choice. It's another Ubuntu derivative and extremely user friendly (and probably illegal).

Super OS 9.04 isn't illegal. Ubuntu is an open-source distro and Super OS is simply a derivative of Ubuntu 9.04 but with some extras. Even if Super OS includes the "restricted extras" out-of-the-box, it still wouldn't be considered illegal.

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[bkmfs]

Well the fact that Ubuntu in the US requires jumping through hoops to allow your system to play DVD's and mp3's leads me to the assumption that a license is required to distribute an OS that has these features.

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