Hi Rich,

Thx. for the comment.
I will of course update frequently, as part of my continuous effort to log my new Linux experiences.

I have been following other blogs in which readers comment on lacking efforts of the "Linux community et al." to promote Linux in such a way that more people will switch to Linux. Many reasons have been offered some reasonable others less. I will refrain from making suggestions based on my experience and spare ya'all my personal opinion. I can only share with you what I feel. Here it comes: I don't care that Linux is not "perfect". I just care for *NOT* having to deal with Microsoft anymore on a personal level! I am convinced that I will succeed in becoming a dedicated Linux Prophet, because I so much believe in it!

So how did I find Linux?
I googled: "10 most popular Linux distro's", which brought me to the distro watch website. http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major
I read the general explanation and the pros/cons of each distro. The Linux Jargon used was confusing, even with my IT background not very inviting.

I started downloading ISO's. Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, SuSe and Slackware.
After installation: Slackware and SuSe didn't allow me to see my network computers. (I have no idea yet how to network with Linux). Fedora never booted 100% on any machines from the get go. It got stuck on the welcome logo. When I finally got it to boot properly on an HP Pavilion a6000, I discovered that Novell doesn't allow me to watch movies due MP4 license problems. (Just think for a second like me: I have no idea what to do to get MP4 working, and with 6 kids at home, all in need of their daily dose of Disney fun - it was a quick decision for me, to move on....)

For a total Linux noob (me), the partially failing installation, and/or discovery that a distro won't do (in an easy way) what I needed it to do, was my main reason to try another distro. This doesn't mean that the installed distro was less good! The easy transition to that particular distro for a newbee was at least to say: not so smooth.

My overall and personal experience with Ubuntu (Natty's) - so far, is good. This might indeed be a bias judgement due my installation problems and minor disappointments with other distro's. Ubuntu however did it all fluently, even on an old Toshiba Satelite M50 Pro. It took me a while to understand how to get rid of Unity (We prefer the Ubunty Classic GUI). In short: until today Ubuntu has been very stable on our machines and my family loves it.