Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 7th Dec 2005 09:47 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"When looking at desktop Linux by itself, any analysis of the subject quickly leads to this question: why do users choose one version over another? There are as many answers for this question as there are users to give them, but ultimately it should boil down to just a few key decisions which must be made. Considering this, it may be surprising to some people to find out how successful Ubuntu Linux has been relative to other distributions."
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2005-11-05
One thing that I don't like seeing is some people marketing Ubuntu as the perfect GNU/Linux distro. There is no such thing as the perfect distro.
A very good point, though some distros certain make it easier to live with their imperfections than others.
Any newbie to GNU/Linux that ask what distro he/she should be using are best answered with "here'a a list of a few distro that I think you can start trying out, but at the end of the day... use what suits you best or what you like
That's very hard to do in the real world. A non-technical person wants a Linux distro on their PC and asks a friend to help them, for example. It isn't very helpful to give them a list of candidates and disappear. Better to use your judgement, install what you sincerely think is best for them, and explain that there are plenty of alternatives if they don't like your choice. At least that way they will have got started, rather than staring at a list of names that mean nothing to them.