[ale] "New" laptop with Ubuntu

[meuon at geeklabs.com (Mike Harrison)]

> setter upper/wizard, I'm finding Ubuntu to be a really nice  
> desktop distribution. Lean, clean, and ready to get to work.

That summed my experience with it nicely, and am becoming more and more of 
a convert as I get used to it, and customize it a bit for my odder needs. 

That fact that I'm VERY happy using it on a older 600mhz Sony Laptop
(it has a nice bright screen), for day to day use (mostly X-Term and a Web 
Browser) says a lot. 

The hardest part is getting used to the .deb's/apt/aptitude/wajig/.. ways 
of doing things, as opposed to .rpm's. 

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The amazing thing is how I'm seeing "normal" people complain about very 
minor interface issues with Ubuntu/Gnome.. It's about all they have to 
complain about. :) I see this as a big wonderful leap in the end-user 
readiness of Linux.