Re: [hardware] [H] Linux

[Ben Ruset]

To be fair, XP is a few years older than Ubuntu. XP is just about as 
slow as Debian's releases. :)

The only issue I had with Ubuntu was getting it to run at native 
resolution on my widescreen Toshiba laptop. Other than that, everything 
else detected at worked. If you don't like Gnome, you can also try 
KUbuntu, which has KDE instead. (I prefer KDE myself.)

Steve wrote:
Ubuntu..without a doubt...the one linux distro I've actually grown 
attached too :)
What impressed me first time I installed it was it wasn't overloaded 
with programs, just the essentials. And nice clean interface to boot. It 
installed on a Gigabyte board found all the SATA/RAID drivers (unlike 
XP), also installed it on an old Toshiba Pro lappy with out a hitch. It 
picked up wireless LAN without a prob and found all my Windows shares, 
HP Laser, Epson Printer etc...