> Try getting any moderately complicated software to work on more than one distribution at once. Anyone concerned with ease of use wouldn't be doing this in th

> Try getting any moderately complicated software to work on more than one distribution at once. Anyone concerned with ease of use wouldn't be doing this in the first place - and at the same time, people can Ubuntu and get a full environment for internet, media, etc. pretty much out of the box, with most other 'incompatibility' issues having to do with poor vendor support and having nothing to do with the system itself being hard to use.. I'm in agreement with the parent here - just because being a F1 car mechanic is difficult doesn't mean changing the oil in a Honda requires an expert and is difficult.. different actual tasks being performed...