From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 27 Jan 2026 20:29:19 GMT, rbowman wrote:   
      
   > On 27 Jan 2026 13:30:41 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:   
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   >   
   >> The problem with the distributions you cited above as being "easy to   
   >> install" is that they were also easy to hate. In most cases, they were   
   >> utter slop that broke if you turned your head to sneeze. Ubuntu was   
   >> both easy to install and easy to use.   
   >   
   > Horse shit. Just because you had to be spoon fed doesn't mean everyone   
   > had to be.   
      
   The numbers don't lie. Ubuntu was the catalyst for a great number of   
   people giving Linux a chance and the free CDs weren't the only reason.   
   Unlike most Linux distributions, both the installer and the installed   
   product worked as they should and it made Linux easy for most people.   
   That's not to say Debian and others weren't easy enough _before_ Ubuntu's   
   release, but Ubuntu finally attracted the mainstream users who weren't as   
   dedicated as we all were to getting the operating system working for us.   
      
      
      
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   CrudeSausage   
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