[penguicon-general] Anyone want to help bring me back to the Linux fold?

[Matt Arnold]

I chose Ubuntu when I came on its website and read the motto "Linux
For Human Beings". Although I see constant signs on the web that it is
found to be extremely hackable and configurable, it doesn't make you
configure it very much at all. One *may* open the hood if desired, but
you usually *need not*. It Just Works, out of the box. What I want is
a free Windows replacement, pure and simple. And Ubuntu serves as
that.

Then, for support of Flash, MP3 and other things that Linuxes tend not
to deliver preinstalled, you need Automatix.
http://www.getautomatix.com/

-Matt

On 2/15/07, Dan DeSloover <zifferent at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Tracy Worcester <tracy.worcester at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Doubt I'll need more than one.  Which one is most out of the box, non-IT
> > user friendly these days?
>
> Without getting into a distro war, Ubuntu is probably as user friendly as they come.
>
> >From a newbie standpoint, the install CD is also a Live-CD, it supports quite a bit of hardware
> right out of the box, almost everything is configurable with gui tools, has a large repository of
> software and large and friendly online community.
>
> Other than that, Matt might have better input for you on his experiences with it and whether it
> would be right for you.
>
> You can get it here:
> http://lug.mtu.edu/iso/ubuntu/edgy/ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386.iso
>
> As for help, I live several hours away, so that's no help. Fortunately someone mentioned GLLUG
> which oddly enough seems to be having a meeting tonight.
>
> Good luck
>
> Thanks,
> Dan DeSloover
> Penguicon 5.0 LUG-Wrangler(and MonroeLUG co-conspirator)
> http://www.penguicon.org/
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