From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-28, CrudeSausage  wrote:   
   > On 28 Jan 2026 02:54:49 GMT, rbowman wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 27 Jan 2026 22:29:00 GMT, CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Leading to the Year of the Linux Desktop, right? You may have a better   
   >> chance of witnessing the second coming.   
   >   
   > It wasn't the second coming, but suddenly Linux was an operating system   
   > which could appeal to regular people as much as the geeks.   
      
   Yep. Linux wasn't that easy to download in those days. You could buy Linux   
   magazines and most months they included a Linux CD but you could just email   
   Ubuntu and check off how many CDs you wanted and "voila" they came in the   
   mail.   
      
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