[linux] Fun with Ubuntu

[Doug McLean]

Perpetual-motion drinking birds (a la Homer) are how I get through my 
job each day...

Ubuntu doesn't have quite the package selection of Debian, but I think 
what attracts me to it is that it is trimmed-down and "to the point" if 
that makes any sense.  I know they've spent alot of time getting Gnome 
to work just so on there, I am impressed with the results, even if I was 
initially bummed about there being no KDE (my wife loves KMahjongg).

Still, I am glad to see other people are having good results with it.  I 
think it's fair to say that Ubuntu isn't going to be a fly-by-night 
distro and will stay around for a while.  The new one, Hoary Hedgehog, 
is supposed to have some big improvements, though someone else maybe 
able to elaborate on that better.