How did you hear about ubuntu?

[TristanMike]

My friend said that her husband used this Linux thingy called Ubuntu, that it was the definative Linux OS. After a very unsuccessful and quite disheartening attempt at a SuSE Live CD, with my screen going all green (I know it's the color of the lizard but this branding is rediculous), I figured I'd give up on Linux. Well, I came to ubuntu.com not too long after, and found that they send free cd's, so I put in an order and forgot about it until one day this re-sealed, tattered package that had either been previously opened, or dropped, or kicked, or driven over, maybe a combination of all 4, who knows, showed up at my door (at least the post office did have the courtesy to re-seal it). But anyway, I digress, I installed the cd and after a little trepidation Ubuntu was installed flawlessly. I only had to set up the essentials (codecs and such), a couple of my fave programs available for linux (mainly Azureus) and I was, and still am, enjoying it in all it's "Hoary Glory".

BTW too bad you don't have a "hearing from a friend" selection. I suppose it's similar to "Given CD's by a friend" but since there wasn't, I just picked "other".

[arcanistherogue]

I was talking to my friend about picking a distro, and he said "Why don't you just use Ubuntu. It's what everyone is using these days, I even use it" so I downloaded and burned the ISO onto like 3 discs and then I installed.

Actually, I remember trying out the Live CD first, then I couldn't wait to burn the full install.

[graabein]

I spoke with a friend about me getting into Linux again and Ubuntu was one of the distros he recommended. Can't remember what the others where. I browsed the web and decided on Ubuntu. And there you have it.

[Stormy Eyes]

My wife asked me to help her install it on her PC.

[-Rick-]

Gentoo forums...

[Parkaboy]

I was quite pleased with Slackware and one day I attended to a talk about Java and Linux at university and the host gave some shipit cds to the ones who attended

[H.E. Pennypacker]

Probably from the PCLinuxOS community.

[FuturePilot]

I heard a lot of people online talk about how good it was, so I decided to give it a shot.