[bigk]

Hey every one,

I've been noticing a lot of threads being made on Linux Ubuntu, I'm kind of curious why every one jumped on the band wagon now? I got recently got Linux Ubuntu myself because "Maximum PC" magazine recently mentioned this was a good Linux distribution for people who are new to the Linux community.

What is your reason?

Bigk

[fenderfreek]

Ubuntu is the new revolution in Linux because it's extremely stable, well-supported, and user-friendly. Ubuntu has this advantage in part because it's one of the best financially supported Linux projects yet.
It's design is completely oriented toward being a user-friendly distro, and that's exactly what it is. It is comparatively very stable and easy to configure, so it's gained popularity simply because it's not plagued with the dreaded configuration woes of so many other distro's.
For new users and old hats alike, it's a perfect blend of power, flexibility, and ease-of-use.

I know this sounds rather "polished", but it's just my take on the distro, and it's why I recommend it to anyone wanting to use Linux.

[titanania]

I actually just want to say I find the opposite to be true, but then I've found I like KDE more than GNOME. Ive found while Ubuntu is extremeley stable, it is hard to make changes to some aspects which is in my opinion what Linux is about, making an OS your own. I suggest PCLinuxOS instead. And if you are a complete n00b they have versions of PCLOS specially made for new users but also more functional and advanced versions for advanced users.

[lotuseclat79]

I have a Linux Fedora Core 3 installed, on which I messed up the X environment and haven't fixed it just yet. I also have a dual boot WinXP with Linux setup using grub bootloader. When I was having problems with WinXP at the end of May, I tried fixing it with a WinXP Reinstall which I had done before, but this time it did not work, so I came to the choice of doing a Parallel Install or reformat - I chose the Parallel Install.

Unfortunately, I also chose to kick out of the Parallel Reinstall at some point. It left my grub boot loader frobozed. What to do? Well, I reasoned that if I can get a Linux Live CD, which I did - it was Ubuntu Live CD 6.06 LTS, then I could try to recover the WinXP Master Boot Record (MBR) - which I did successfully using the dd command to take a copy of both WinXP and Linux hard disk MBRs which I had previously saved. I compared them and determined that the Parallel Reinstall of WinXP has written over the WinXP disk MBR. I used the xdd command to display a textual version of the MBRs and used the diff command to determine which MBR had changed. Using Ubuntu Live CD was a breeze to get the MBR back from the dead - lucky, of course, that I had save each MBR on my Linux disk.

These days, I just boot up with the Ubuntu Live CD, 6,0.6 LTS and have a scheme whereby I use the System->Administration->Disks tool to make a mountable directory for the Linux FC3 disk, and then I get a few files - iptables firewall files for startup in /etc/init.d, network dialup wvdial.conf file, Firefox environment saved with extensions, and tar it over into the ubuntu user account.

Then I just issue a wvdial phone1 or phone2 command, lauch Firefox, and I'm off and running with an in-memory Ubuntu OS with a solid firewall. Takes just a few minutes to setup and get going.

-- Tom

[O111111O]

Over the years I've gone from Redhat / SUSE / Slackware / Debian / xUbuntu.

Ubuntu was very easy to install, USB/PCcard/Wireless/TFT display on laptop all worked really well.

Other than that, I personally don't care. apt-get et al have made things very easy.

[Zeppfan]

01111110,

I think I have that beat. In the past few days, I have gone from Fedora Core to Ubuntu, to Knoppix. The Knoppix Live CD seems (to Me) to be the most stable so far.

I have had problems from Fedora Core and Ubuntu.

I installed Fedora Core on a second drive partitioned with Partition Magic and for some reason, my username and password did not work after the install. Then I could not uninstall Fedora from the second drive. I wiped the drive and lost the Boot loader as well. I know, pretty stupid. I did a clean install of Windows XP and installed the live CD of Knoppix. Actually, I am using Knoppix at the moment.

As far as Ubuntu, I downloaded the live CD from the Ubuntu site and it loaded incredibly slowly and also give me a Gnome graphics error.

I am currently trying to install Fedora Core on a VM. Hope everything goes well.

[CouchMaster]

Besides being just plain good it has a HUGE support forum(s) - where you can get answers on how to do anything with it - and they will ship you a CD(s) for free so you don't even have to DL and burn one....

[Bartender]

Zeppfan -
What's doing your graphics processing? Onboard or a discrete card? ATI doesn't work as well as Nvidia.
How much RAM you got? PC's with less than 256 have problems chewing thru LiveCD's. The "Alternate Install" CD is much more reliable.
EDIT: I'm also wondering if you checked the download's md5 before burning to a CD. How fast did you burn it? Did you use good quality media? Did you use the "Check CD for Defects" option when Ubuntu first booted up?

[Omega_Shadow]

Uborgtu (YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED ) is a great foot-in-door distro. It is easy for beginners to use, has a huge support base and, from my own tests with the OS, very stable.

I think part of its popularity is due to the fact that the CD's are EVERYWHERE. Every computer shop around here has ubuntu disks on the counter with a "Take One!" sign on them. Not to mention ubuntu being a LiveCD distro, allowing people to try it before they install it. Most generic windows users are shocked when you tell them this. Hell, my boss still can't wrap his head around it.

I don't personally like the ubuntu distro, but I like the work they are doing and the people they are introducing to Linux. I see ubuntu as a gateway so to speak, a door that opens the whole world of opensource to those that only knew windows up to this point. It shows them that Linux IS a viable and easy to use option to the overpriced microshaft operating systems. That's worthy of praise in my book