It either Just Works or you're in for some pain as you google for somebody who had the same problem as you or try to get help on a forum. I had little trouble

It either Just Works or you're in for some pain as you google for somebody who had the same problem as you or try to get help on a forum. I had little trouble getting Ubuntu to work on the machine I'm using now, but I have had serious problems before. I've been using linux since 2002 and things are getting better. With Ubuntu, your chances of throwing it at a random machine and having it Just Work aren't bad - but they're still far from certain.