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<blockquote data-quote="IamDeMan" data-source="post: 3225540" data-attributes="member: 557673">thats the point I am trying to make. By far the most common scenario ius something installed on windows causing it to freak. whether it be software conflicts, bad driver, Poorly coded program or malware/spyware/adware. It all points to something outside of M$ control.IMO Ubuntu is the best distro as far as coaxing people to give Linux a try. I still don&#039;t think people will like it until they can bring some piece of crap home they bought at BB though. For some reason people love installing crapware //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif I prefer ubuntu at home for a lot of what I do. I actually enjoying installing and trying out the software available to it. GIMP is nice, but it still isn&#039;t Photoshop, but would definitely suit most users just fine. I love Gimp.I haven&#039;t used ANY linux based multimedia OS/Software platform that stacks against the MCE implementation in Vista ultimate. For my newest HTPC that OS was a no brainer. MythTV is making strides, but no where near the capability and ease of use MCE in vista has. Other than that Vista is a big joke to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IamDeMan, post: 3225540, member: 557673"] thats the point I am trying to make. By far the most common scenario ius something installed on windows causing it to freak. whether it be software conflicts, bad driver, Poorly coded program or malware/spyware/adware. It all points to something outside of M$ control. IMO Ubuntu is the best distro as far as coaxing people to give Linux a try. I still don't think people will like it until they can bring some piece of crap home they bought at BB though. For some reason people love installing crapware [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gif[/IMG] I prefer ubuntu at home for a lot of what I do. I actually enjoying installing and trying out the software available to it. GIMP is nice, but it still isn't Photoshop, but would definitely suit most users just fine. I love Gimp. I haven't used ANY linux based multimedia OS/Software platform that stacks against the MCE implementation in Vista ultimate. For my newest HTPC that OS was a no brainer. MythTV is making strides, but no where near the capability and ease of use MCE in vista has. Other than that Vista is a big joke to me. [/QUOTE]

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