I haven’t been a linux user for very long, in fact i’ve only been using Linux for a few months now and was inspired by Microsofts resource hungry Vista not running on two of my laptops due to lower than recommeded specifications.

I’ve tried and tested a few Linux operating distributions but for a beginner switching from Windows, Ubuntu gets my pick based on my experiences so far. It hasn’t always been easy though with previous versions requiring manual configurations of the display config files, manually setting up the wireless network, and crashing the system because sometimes I thought I was God.

Then there were the challenges with the installation of Beryl which provides some really funky 3D effects with Mac style animations on opening and closing of windows, nice thumbnail images when rolling over the task bar icons, 3D cube effect when switching desktops and more. The problem I had was that I couldn’t get it working with Ubuntu Edgy 6.10.

With the release of the Ubuntu 7.04 and even though it is still in Beta I just had to upgrade, and boy was it definately worth it. All the previous issues I suffered with Edgy were gone! A new improved windows manager has solved the majority of problems when running Beryl 3D desktop effects, and the best part is that the wireless just works which is a problem plagueing previous versions.

This is by far the best Linux distribution I have used so far and it just keeps getting better. This release of Ubuntu is so good that I enjoy using it as much as my Apple iMac.

So if your contemplating switching from Windows then my pick is switch to Ubuntu which is 100% Free and should run on just about any Windows based PC.

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