Re: [tlug] Free Linux for Desktop Newbies ?

["Jonathan Q" <jq@example.com>]

On 12/21/2005, "Niels Kobsch$B>-(I#(Btzki"  wrote:


>only used it a little bit by myself but i heard a lot of good stuff
>from friends about it:
>Ubuntu should do it

I'll throw my endorsement of Ubuntu in here (or Kubuntu, if you prefer
KDE).  I first tried it when it was still in beta leading up to Warty
(4.10) and by the time Hoary (5.4) was released, I had replaced all of
my Debian Sarge and Sid installs with Kubuntu.  It really won me over,
as it has a lot of others.  It's Ubuntu's first stable release was
only in October of 2004, and the first public beta was not long before
that.  In a pretty short period of time, it has gone from being the new
kid on the block to one of the most popular distros out there.  IMO that
popularity is well-justified.

Best,

Jonathan