Ok, I've started dual-booting Windows XP and Ubuntu Gutsy.
I have a few things to say about Ubuntu. Chiefly among them: Ubuntu somehow perfects the art of being incredibly simple to use while also being brain fuckingly difficult and complicated.
A great example is synaptic. I love synaptic. Access to tons of programs with a few clicks? It's wonderful.It's also quite simple. Anyone could figure it out and get any program they want. However, if it (or any other part of the os) isn't working, you have to wade through heaps of forum posts for the answer to how to fix it. The fix is generally some odd confusing command-line string that I'm sure I would understand if I had been using the os for a long time, but that unfortunately is not true of most people using Ubuntu.
Right now, I can't get my wireless working. I'm having to route a cable to my desktop, and will probably continue to do so long into the future, primarily because it'll be easier than try to figure out what the hell is wrong with the wireless.
