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Hey guys .. i hav been using windows vista for a while but it more or less feels like XP which i hav been using for years ..so wanted to try out a new OS . so please recommend me any of the 3 mentioned OS ..or specify if other .. what say about a TRIPLE BOOT (m greedy:P) ??

I guess the KDE environment is more user friendly.. please comment..

I was using Debian for a while and while Debian was not able to set up my wireless connection automatically; I was able to download, compile, and install the b43-fwcutter package/according firmware drivers. While the drivers worked, they were nothing compared to what ever driver Ubuntu is using (I decided I’d give the new version of Ubuntu a try). My wireless connection on Ubuntu is almost always at 100% signal strength (repored from network manager), and it loads pages and downloads faster than windows does.

So is Ubuntu using a more specific driver that it automatically installs, using it’s own specialized driver for the firmware (which the dev team wrote?), or does it simply just set up network connections differently somehow compared to debian?

I’ve been trying now on edgy eft for a while.

I have been using linux for a while now. maybe a year and a half if not more. i used ubuntu, mint, fedora, opensuse, mandriva and currently pclinuxos(that i stuck with). Being the fact that linux is free, how do you view the fact that it is being sold for 20$ at best buy? at first i thought it was a great idea, but it got me thinking. WHat would Joe say if he payed for it then later on discovered that it is actually a free OS distributed across the web? I know support is included and its the support’s price. But shouldnt they release a free copy with no support and as an additional package you can get the support? or is the 20$ price tag really will get people’s attention? Because people usually think that cheap software = bad/ unsupported software !! how about an increase in price lets say 80$ with a year worth of support! just an opinion what do you think?

I have been using linux for a while now. maybe a year and a half if not more. i used ubuntu, mint, fedora, opensuse, mandriva and currently pclinuxos(that i stuck with). Being the fact that linux is free, how do you view the fact that it is being sold for 20$ at best buy? at first i thought it was a great idea, but it got me thinking. WHat would Joe say if he payed for it then later on discovered that it is actually a free OS distributed across the web? I know support is included and its the support’s price. But shouldnt they release a free copy with no support and as an additional package you can get the support? or is the 20$ price tag really will get people’s attention? Because people usually think that cheap software = bad/ unsupported software !! how about an increase in price lets say 80$ with a year worth of support! just an opinion what do you think?