Is Ubuntu safe to try

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On 7/6/05, Daniel Robitaille <robitaille at gmail.com> wrote:
> Jim Cupit wrote:
> > Alright, you all are scaring me.  I know a little
> > about Linux(Fedora 1), so I thought I'd try a
> > different version (Ubuntu).  After reading the users
> > list for a while, it seems like it is a continuous
> > wrestling match to get Ubuntu to do what you want it
> > to.  Is it safe for a relative newbie to try????? Or
> > is it going to be too much frustration?
> >
> 
> food for thought:  the posts you see on mailing list are often from people
> having problems, and thus is only a small (and relative negative) subset of
> the user experience out there. So you cannot directly compare the content of
> this list to your future experience with a linux distro.
> 
To second this line of thought.. or food :-P
go have a look at the stats on www.distrowatch.com No distro get's to
the top like that without some pretty happy people :-D


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