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After years of mucking about with different distros, Ubuntu was the one that stuck. More than that, its the one I install for friends and family - helping peopl

After years of mucking about with different distros, Ubuntu was the one that stuck. More than that, its the one I install for friends and family - helping people save money turning creaking winXP/Vista machines into sleek and simple Ubuntu ones - no muss, no fuss, a webbrowser and music player is all they really need - and it still works today as well as the day Ubuntu was installed.

aphextron 10y ago
Seconded. I have tried every distro under the sun and come back to Ubuntu as my daily driver on desktop and laptop. Nothing comes close in terms of package availability, ease of use, firmware, inter-op with non-free software, etc. Also I never understood the hate for Unity. It is the most responsive, performant, intuitive, and helpful GUI I have ever used on Linux.
- mangecoeur 10y ago
  I'm also a big unity fan. I see some people grumble that it hasn't changed in a few releases, and you realise they just don't get the point - Unity has been polished to fix all those glitches that used to make linux desktop feel half baked. That means not overhauling the whole infrastructure every two years, but incrementally polishing each area in turn. That takes patience and long term management. The result is good looking and functional and most importantly acts to enable you to get things done that have nothing to do with the window manager.
- maxxxxx 10y ago
  I don't get Unity at all. I use Ubuntu maybe once a month and every time I have trouble remembering how to use it. Is it really intuitive to you? I also have installed it on some machines for friends and family who are less computer literate. They understand Windows, OSX, iOS, Android and Gnome after a while but Unity is just hopeless.
  - PuffinBlue 10y ago
    I'm curious what you/they 'do' on the desktop? Maybe it's the dash thing? Maybe the lack of a list of things to scroll through to choose a program? I've always found unity pretty simple and easy. It seems to handle all graphical tasks fine and if I need a terminal I open a terminal.
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  - mangecoeur 10y ago
    I find it really difficult to believe that someone used to OSX could have much issue with Unity. I mean if you put the osx dock on the left screen edge you pretty much have unity. And if nothing else, you have great big icons for web browser and office suite by default which are kinda hard to miss. My introduction when i replaced XP on my friends old laptop was literally 'that big firefox icon opens firefox. wifi icon does wifi settings. now you're good to go'
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- skocznymroczny 10y ago
  I used to dislike Unity, especially the menu in the top bar thing, but after working on a Mac for a while, I've started to actually enjoy it (or at least not hate it). Also allowing to move the launcher to the bottom is nice too.
rasz_pl 10y ago
>its the one I install for friends and family Yes, you hit the nail on the head. Ubuntu is just debian for computer illiterate.
- funnyfacts365 10y ago
  And windows and Mac? For people who are just illiterate?

aphextron 10y ago

Seconded. I have tried every distro under the sun and come back to Ubuntu as my daily driver on desktop and laptop. Nothing comes close in terms of package availability, ease of use, firmware, inter-op with non-free software, etc. Also I never understood the hate for Unity. It is the most responsive, performant, intuitive, and helpful GUI I have ever used on Linux.

mangecoeur 10y ago
I'm also a big unity fan. I see some people grumble that it hasn't changed in a few releases, and you realise they just don't get the point - Unity has been polished to fix all those glitches that used to make linux desktop feel half baked. That means not overhauling the whole infrastructure every two years, but incrementally polishing each area in turn. That takes patience and long term management. The result is good looking and functional and most importantly acts to enable you to get things done that have nothing to do with the window manager.
maxxxxx 10y ago
I don't get Unity at all. I use Ubuntu maybe once a month and every time I have trouble remembering how to use it. Is it really intuitive to you? I also have installed it on some machines for friends and family who are less computer literate. They understand Windows, OSX, iOS, Android and Gnome after a while but Unity is just hopeless.
- PuffinBlue 10y ago
  I'm curious what you/they 'do' on the desktop? Maybe it's the dash thing? Maybe the lack of a list of things to scroll through to choose a program? I've always found unity pretty simple and easy. It seems to handle all graphical tasks fine and if I need a terminal I open a terminal.
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- mangecoeur 10y ago
  I find it really difficult to believe that someone used to OSX could have much issue with Unity. I mean if you put the osx dock on the left screen edge you pretty much have unity. And if nothing else, you have great big icons for web browser and office suite by default which are kinda hard to miss. My introduction when i replaced XP on my friends old laptop was literally 'that big firefox icon opens firefox. wifi icon does wifi settings. now you're good to go'
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skocznymroczny 10y ago
I used to dislike Unity, especially the menu in the top bar thing, but after working on a Mac for a while, I've started to actually enjoy it (or at least not hate it). Also allowing to move the launcher to the bottom is nice too.

rasz_pl 10y ago

>its the one I install for friends and family Yes, you hit the nail on the head. Ubuntu is just debian for computer illiterate.

funnyfacts365 10y ago
And windows and Mac? For people who are just illiterate?