Best Alternative Operating System To Ubuntu?

[ANDY]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:

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> I think there is some pedantry and lack of clarity in this thread. :)
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I admit not fully understanding how things such as X, mutter, compiz, gnome,
kde, unity stack as the environment/interface.  Could you briefly explain to
a novice how these layer in?
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