Wagner, Steven G wrote:

That said, the primary advantage of Ubuntu is the "it-just-works" issue.  For most people, particularly so-called "typical" 
users, Ubuntu works without hassles, and doesn't force them to learn a bunch of new stuff.


Well I'm glad there's a wonderful new OS out there for people who don't like to learn (or as they always say, they don't have time). That just reinforces my view of Ubuntu being the windoze of Linux. I won't write a diatribe on this subject, I've just been thinking that I missed something great about Ubuntu and was missing out. Now I know I'm not missing out on anything. Fancy little name, though! At least it's still Linux, that's all that really matters I guess. Enjoy.

+1 Flamebait

Well, to each his own, but after spending many, many hours in the past figuring out how nearly every aspect of my Linux install works, I'm fairly happy now with Ubuntu because I don't have to figure it all out over and over again. I've moved on to more interesting problems that don't involve troubleshooting why X isn't working or why there's no sound.
~M