Decius wrote:
The last time I ran linux on my desktop, it had the following problems:

1. It didn't really work right. It sort of worked, but not really. Things were broken. Things weren't well supported.

2. It came with WAY, WAY too much shit by default.

3. Things needed to be screwed with a lot. A lot of tinkering, a lot of configuring and compiling and updating. Systems Administration. I want basic shit to just work. I have work to do. I want to get it done. My computer should enable that. The reason I'm sick of my mac is that its getting in the way.

What distribution were you using? For "basic shit to just work," I like using SimplyMEPIS. It's not Debian, but it's not supposed to be... it's for users, like myself, who are NOT Linux gurus. It does come bundled with several open source applications, but I don't consider that to be a negative. I still haven't tried Ubuntu, though, which seems to be quite popular with those who know a lot more about Linux than I.

RE: Desktop Linux