What makes Ubuntu so great?

[cj]

prabir wrote:
> Alan,
> I am not able to browse in internet.
> All the time it is giving 'not able to cnnnect the server'
> I am having broadband connection.it is workig with window xp fine but 
> not with ubuntu.
> where I am making mistake if you help.
>  
> prabir
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Allan Valeriano <mailto:allvaleriano at gmail.com>
>     *To:* Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
>     <mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, July 26, 2007 9:43 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: What makes Ubuntu so great?
>
>         I think the ubuntu community is one of the biggest reasons for
>         its success.  Just look at the volume of mails going around on
>         this list alone.  With an extensive community comes extensive
>         support for users and developers, whether they're total n00bs
>         or have many years of experience.  The fact that it's so easy
>         to get questions answered draws people in and helps to keep
>         them in (at least speaking for myself). 
>
>
>     I completely agree with you. The ubuntu's community is great.
>     People interact a lot here, and they are always trying to help
>     each other.
>
>         Another thing is the massive volume of software and packages
>         available for ubuntu - it makes it easy to switch to ubuntu,
>         since there's usually a replacement or equivalent for anything
>         users switching from other OS's might want
>
>
>     That's true too. When I thought about getting rid of windows, I
>     spoke with a friend of mine who works with linux, and he said:
>     "Try ubuntu. Everything will be much easier there because lots of
>     people are moving to it, many softwares are getting easier to
>     configure there than in other distros"
>
>         I myself have used Windows at home up until a month or two
>         ago, when I decided to wipe out Windows and replace it with
>         Ubuntu Feisty.  I have been very happy with ubuntu's
>         performance so far, and I'm not really missing Windows at all.
>
>
>     I have been using windows since I started using computers (I'm not
>     considering the DOS age, cuz I was to young). I got my first
>     contact with linux at college, and that's when I decided to create
>     a dual boot on my laptop with fedora core 6. I had many problems
>     configuring the notebook monitor, and still haven't fixed it.
>     About 1 month ago, I made an upgrade on my desktop and installed
>     Vista. Guess what, in less than 1 hour using it, my computer
>     completely froze. That's when I decided to try ubuntu, and I must
>     say, it's really easy to deal with it. Sometimes I get stuck with
>     1 or 2 configurations, but that's when the community helps a lot.
>
>     Allan
>
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Kubuntu (if thats what yoru using) comes with a little, i guess you 
could call it (for the life of me, i cant remember the name of it) , a 
connection utility. and for a whiel i couldnt get internet and i noticed 
that when i disabled it, i could get internet, so i disabled it and 
configured it not to run when i start ubuntu

hth

--cj