nelutz  | 2007-05-25
A Pleasure to Use
Ubuntu finally makes Linux easy. It's based on Debian, and inherits its rock solid package management systems and quailty software. What makes it a special distribution is attention to detail. There's only one CD per architecture, it functions as a LiveCD and installation. The interface is beautiful and, as any mac user will tell you, the visual interface is very important. Installing software is a breeze - just open up a simple utility, tell it what programs you want, and it installs them for you. The community around Ubuntu is great, lots of people contributing informal support, documentation, and not least of all, lots and lots of well-built packages that are not part of the standard (and rather small) distro.