Re:The Linux "Community" (gack!) can be embarrassi (Score 2)

I totally agree, the community is full of I-write-Kernel-modules-for-breakfast-Your-distro-sucks types.

And boy, do they hate Ubuntu. Some weeks ago, I made the (unforgiveable) mistake of not being very precise in a comment I made in a bug tracker - I actually had something to add, that was not contained in the original bug description, but I may have complained a little, too...

Anyway, the reply was "This is not Ubuntu, this is not the place to talk about your feelings."

I think that sentence has it all, in 14 words.

I never had Ubuntu installed, I've been using debian ever from the beginning, but I still think Canonical are the only ones who do it right for beginners. Convincing a normal user to switch over from Win7 to debian (or any other "cool" Linux distro) is simply impossible. They just suck when you're new to the whole thing. I know it, I was new to it 10 years ago and not so much has changed in that respect.