i can think of two reasons: 1. everything worked 'right out of the box'. 2. if I'm in a hole, i just google it up and a fellow ubuntu user almost always has been through the same thing and there's documentation (more or less) of how he got out of it.
I'm sure a case can be made re other distros as well, but as long as those two reasons remain true I'm fairly sold. How about you though, why do you dislike it? On 9/4/07, John Peter Loh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use Fedora but my guess is the following: > - large community support > - support for various hardware (specially network and audio cards) > - already includes proprietary codecs like MP3 > - Debian-based > > I'm curious too. But some friends whom I've convinced to switch to > Linux got Ubuntu working in one pass compared to Fedora. > > I haven't tried Ubuntu on my laptop (Compaq Presario X1000) but Fedora > works just out of the box since FC6. Been using it since FC3. > > -- > JP Loh > http://www.jploh.com/ > > On 9/4/07, David R. Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All, > > I am writing this because I am thoroughly confused by something. I have > > tried Ubuntu each release since v5. I have to tell you, when it comes > > to distros, I do not care for it. Let me be clearer...I can't stand > > it. With so many distros already out there, why Ubuntu? Fedora, > > OpenSUSE, Mandriva and Debian all have excellent desktop and server > > apps. Why Ubuntu? I don't understand this cult-like following, but am > > willing to listen. > > > > Would anyone be willing to help me understand what makes this distro so > > popular? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dave > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- http://kikay.exchange.ph http://mom.exchange.ph http://movie.exchange.ph http://basketball.exchange.ph ======================= Make life easier for Webmasters! http://spreadfirefox.com/community/?q=user/register&r=137994
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