As it’s a Open Source project, it don’t come with the proprietary software, so I had to install flash, the win32codecs, and some more things. But to install my nVidia driver, I simple had to go in Hardware Drivers and activate it.

I sometimes use the terminal, but a completely non-experienced user can do 95% percent the things in a friendly graphic way. Actually, one non-experienced user that don’t want to use the terminal, can just don’t use, as the only things that requires that are out of the Ubuntu support, as installing programs with a generic binary program. And these programs are not necessary at all.

But I still use windows, unfortunately, as I love computer games and most of them are only windows compatible. I can use wine, but I love using all of my machine power. But wine works for simple windows applications very well.

And finally, Ubuntu and most distros are extremely easy to install. It detects all of your hardware, and installs the needed drives. For using internet it’s simpler as it detects automatically how your internet works. And you can even install Ubuntu inside your windows as any normal program. The only bad thing is that for a normal installation (without installing inside windows) you have to use partitions, the installer detects the best way to do that automatically, but if you want something different can be a bit complicated. Anyway, everyone must give other OS a chance.

First, I really cannot understand how it can be that this Ubuntu distro could not play a regular DVD or mp3 file. I’ve never tried that, and I’m running Ubuntu on many machines. May it rather be Dell than Ubuntu that is the fault here?

Second, let’s not forget the BIG positives here: no viruses (yet), better security, and not to forget a whole library of freeware at your choice. best of all, Ubuntu sees to that not only your OS but also your programs are fully up to date. Automatically (well, you do have to approve…) and 99% of the time without reboot.

And please do not forget that Mac is more or less the same thing as linux, only better integrated. But with the latest Ubuntu distros, who’s to tell the difference? I must even admit that I’ve been partially dissapointed with some aspects of my new and lovely iMac. Just simple things such as copy and paste between programs is not error free. Programs may be buggy, clitches occur, and web interfaces are not always optimal with the built-in Safari Browser — I sometimes have to turn to other browsers such as Firefox or Opera.

So what’s the best choice for a regular PC user? I guess the thing is that as long as people expect to see their MS Word icons on the screen, or internet Explorer, we’re not going to see many changes yet

Walt Mossberg, you are one of my favorite technology reporters, and so I’m particularly disappointed by your article
“Linux’s Free System Is Now Easier to Use, But Not for Everyone“.
My first disappointment is the timing of the arti…