My biggest concern is drivers and compatibility.
Ubuntu, imo, has the best eye candy out of all of the other distros. It is also the easiest to install and use. Like others have said, try it first and see if you like it.
Something I've noticed with most people who convert to using Linux is that they rarely learn to use the command-line, as you can do most things through the graphical interface.
While Ubuntu is great as an alternative OS (Replacement for Windows or Mac), it really is one of the worst for learning how to use Linux (if that is what you wanted).
Arch is a good one, but it tends not to be one that isn't user friendly for new users , but once you try making Linux user friendly, you get into the same issue as you get with Ubuntu, with it being to easy to use and people never learning to properly use the command-line.This.
Arch > *
I run it on my laptop and my server, and as a VM on my desktop (which runs Windows mainly for gaming purposes). Amazingly it's almost always been flawlessly stable, and because everything is bang up to date I actually have less issues than with standard distros like Ubuntu etc.
You know, Gnome 3 is pretty nifty, but I'm torn. I'm currently running it off a default Fedora 15 install. It's pretty nice, but... I really don't like the "you must use this one window... or go over here to see the others" approach. I like knowing that I have 3 Firefox windows, or 4 terminals open. I wish it provided multiple displays on the top for each program by default.great OS try openSUSE
Gnome 3
Eh, yes and no. My parents currently have Ubuntu on their lappy and have had no real need to use the terminal. On the other hand, it depends on why people are using it. If you're going by the Torvalds approach: use what gets the job done the best for you. If you're using the Stallman approach: flip the bits using a F/OSS magnet!Something I've noticed with most people who convert to using Linux is that they rarely learn to use the command-line, as you can do most things through the graphical interface.
While Ubuntu is great as an alternative OS (Replacement for Windows or Mac), it really is one of the worst for learning how to use Linux (if that is what you wanted).
:O Another Arch user!!!! I love Arch! I really do But I haven't had the success you've had with stability. For some of it, it's because I'm using AUR. But then I run into other issues and dependencies that won't go away. ldconfig was complaining after every pacman call about having 2 links pointing to the same .so file while being a different type. And I still have not had the same success with wine and some windows apps that I had on my ubuntu partition. But yes, Arch + KDE 4 is the nicest thing I've come across in a while My own stability issues aside, I still love itThis.
Arch > *
I run it on my laptop and my server, and as a VM on my desktop (which runs Windows mainly for gaming purposes). Amazingly it's almost always been flawlessly stable, and because everything is bang up to date I actually have less issues than with standard distros like Ubuntu etc.
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