I am the very last person to claim I have much computer experience at all. Had a Mac for a long time, cool, etc; had to use Windows for work so could navigate that too.
I had an Acer Aspire running Vista which, just like you said, pissed me off. I put Ubuntu (7.04) on it and it worked fine. I didn't mind having a wired connection. Stuff worked. The Gutsy upgrade got me wireless.
This past weekend I put Xubuntu 7.10 on an old Dell Latitude. Again, I don't mind being wireless... I have made plenty of mistakes but I have learned from them. My personal experience with Ubuntu has been great, and a friend who is an IT professional first got me interested in Linux in the first place (his company runs Fedora).
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I am the very last person to claim I have much computer experience at all. Had a Mac for a long time, cool, etc; had to use Windows for work so could navigate that too. I had an Acer Aspire running Vista which, just like you said, pissed me off. I put Ubuntu (7.04) on it and it worked fine. I didn't mind having a wired connection. Stuff worked. The Gutsy upgrade got me wireless. This past weekend I put Xubuntu 7.10 on an old Dell Latitude. Again, I don't mind being wireless... I have made plenty of mistakes but I have learned from them. My personal experience with Ubuntu has been great, and a friend who is an IT professional first got me interested in Linux in the first place (his company runs Fedora).