(K)Ubuntu is my top choice
Posted by geetarista April 18, 2006
I never posted about it before, but I had been toying around with Mandriva 2006 for the past few months. I really liked it a lot, but in the end, it just didn’t work out for me. I’m not saying that it’s not a good distribution–because it is. The same thing happened when I tried out Fedora: it just didn’t work for me. Whenever I look at newbie forums on the web that talk about which distribution to choose, they all say that it’s different for every person. Now I know that it’s true: every person has to try out a few distributions to find out which one works best. It may be a little time consuming with trying them all out, but it’s all part of one of the best advantages of Linux: choices!
Well, after trying out several different distributions, I’ve decided to stick with Kubuntu. I tried Ubuntu last year sometime, but I didn’t really like it that much. However, I now realize that my main problem was with the GNOME desktop, which I wasn’t fond of. I didn’t know too much about linux at the time, so I didn’t know that I could just install KDE. I was impressed that they sent me the free CDs in the mail–one for me and one to give to a friend. But this time I just downloaded and ISO and burned it to a DVD which is very nice!
So far, the experience has been perfect. Ubuntu recognizes all of my hardware, and installation was a breeze. I even took the disc down to my parents this weekend and showed my dad on his laptop. From what I’ve heard, linux is a little buggy on laptops, but not this case! I just did a live boot, and it worked perfectly. It even connected automatically to his network and the internet! One of the things that I really love is the package manager. It is so easy to manage the packages and programs that I couldn’t believe it! In Mandriva, there were 4 different sections that you had to use depending on what you were doing: installing, removing, updating, or managing sources for download. In Ubuntu, the interface is very simple and easy to use, and everything is done in one spot.
The other thing that I love about Ubuntu is the community. It seems that since Ubuntu is such a good distribution, there are so many users that are online. There are so many forums and ways to look for help that it makes it easier to learn and get answers to questions. This is great mostly for newbies like me that are looking to make the plunge and change entirely over to linux.
If you haven’t checked out Ubuntu or Kubuntu, do it!
