Back in March I had downloaded a live Ubuntu disk and when a friend came
over for dinner I installed it on my laptop and we were both blown away.
It immediately grabbed onto my wireless network and we both decided to
continue further. We're both still using Linux although he installed
Fedora. I think he's had a harder time than I've had with Ubuntu
although he's much more computer-brained than I am. With me it's been a
hobby, but he was a tech for IBM and the guru for a local restaurant
chain. But he actually does other things, such as mow the lawn and
practice his clarinet. It's been steep for me and I've actually
expressed admiration for the ease that MS software installs and operates
in comparison to some of the operations that have taken hours getting
certain things to work in Ubuntu. HOWEVER, except for certain programs
that I simply have to use in MS (our church software for instance) I'll
never, never, never give up Linux and Ubuntu, especially. One problem
I'm having right now is trying to compile Stellarium .8.0.1 (I easily
installed an older version via Synaptic, though) and when it gets to the
'make' command it just won't work. The message I get is that there's no
makefile, but there is one. Trying to Google a solution leads to more
confusion and blind alleys. I've compiled other programs so I know make
does work. Must be something with Stellarium. Incidentally, if you're at
all interested in astronomy, take a look at that program. It'll knock
your socks off.