So Ubuntu is for people who aren't willing to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst, but are willing to edit /etc/default/grub ? I've run (K)Ubuntu for six years, coming from Debian, and Slack before that. I don't want to tinker, and I'm not even that picky on my desktop environment as long as it looks reasonably good and I can setup some hotkeys. But any distribution has to be serviceable, or you wind up with MS Windows where the fix for all problems is forum folklore, and failing that, reinstall.
And furthermore, why would I recommend Ubuntu to new users knowing that I'm not going to be able to help them as easily? A bit of an exaggeration right now, but an inevitable result of the path Ubuntu is on. A user friendly distribution should work with existing conventions, not discard them by creating a whole new layer on top.
And furthermore, why would I recommend Ubuntu to new users knowing that I'm not going to be able to help them as easily? A bit of an exaggeration right now, but an inevitable result of the path Ubuntu is on. A user friendly distribution should work with existing conventions, not discard them by creating a whole new layer on top.