ubuntu ever use it?

[390JOE]

i just installed ubuntu onto my laptop, and so far i like it.  just wondering what you think.

[lilred]

I haven't tried that one. I had Jolicloud OS on my laptop, it was decent... then I put Android 2.2 on it... was like a big useless cell phone LOL. switched it back to windows then the power suply went out.

[390JOE]

yep like i said so far im liking it just because its somewhat easy to use like windows..

[dsJeep]

I've used Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Jolicloud, SuSe, Mandriva/Mandrake, DSL, Android and Red Hat.

the first 3 are probably the best Linux distros out there for beginners, I especially like that you don't have to compile programs into the OS like you used to...   

[390JOE]

the first 3 are probably the best Linux distros out there for beginners, I especially like that you don't have to compile programs into the OS like you used to...   

yep thats what im talking about, now im just trying to get utorrent to work, but they dont have an "install" or a gui that goes with it, you have to go to a local host site to get what you want.

[dsJeep]

I had no problem with uTorrent, downloading that is, never tried uploading...

[tcb]

I just wish I could watch Netflix with it.

[dsJeep]

true, I think its B.S Netflix won't support Moonlight (Linux version of Silverlight), sad too because you can watch Netflix on Android which is a Linux OS.

last I heard they have no plans to ever support Linux.

[lilred]

if android is linux and the computer is linux... shouldn't take long for someone to come up with a program of their own...

[dsJeep]

people have come up with ways to watch Netflix on Linux, Netflix keeps blocking it though, Netflix also works on Linux based set top media boxes like Roku and is available for Chrome OS.

Netflix claims its because Linux does not support DRM and people could steal media from them, though it would be easier to do in Windows than Linux.

[390JOE]

people could steal media from them

netflix must have their head their because we all know there is other ways to get media that we want.  and thanks for all the responses it does help me out a lot.