The very fact that it makes a great starting point makes it a great distro, imo. I too use Arch now, and definitely think it's the best. Through the long march of distros since my journey '97, though, Ubuntu is much closer to the top than the bottom. The fact you can pretty much troubleshoot any problem with a quick google search is also a very nice boon to the new user/
That said, many other similar generation distros are decent as well, if suffering from the flaw of relying on RPM. And the relative lack of documentation. If someone wants to get to know their computer, there is always Arch. Or Gentoo, if they ever get their overlay issues worked out. (Or slack or,... n+1). Arch is the best of option out there right now for a second (or third or fourth) distro, but Ubuntu is easily the best 'first distro' around, in my experience. On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Devyn Cairns <[email protected]>wrote: > Oh, I totally agree with you there, it's a great starting point. But > in itself, it is not a great distro. Don't get me wrong, I used it for > about a year or two, but I'm using Arch now and my system is much more > stable. > > On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Michal Suchanek <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 2009/5/17 Devyn Cairns <[email protected]>: > >> Actually, many Linux distros are like that, not just Ubuntu. > > > > However, Ubuntu is often recommended to people who do not know what to > > choose. It comes with simple graphical installer that does not > > overwhelm the user with too many options and installs fully functional > > desktop environment in the default configuration. > > > > People who have a strong opinion about the distro to choose rarely > > reach out for Ubuntu but for those that do not it is one of the better > > starting points. > > > > Thanks > > > > Michal > > > > > > -- > ~devyn >
