[JBotAlan]

I tried a few flavors of Linux. DSL (D*** Small Linux--I'll keep it G rated), Ubuntu, and SuSE. I liked the idea of a distro so small it would fit on a flash drive. However, I gave up for a few reasons: I couldn't figure out how the directory structure works. /home and /bin are a bit different from c:\... Also, I couldn't figure out how to mount my flash drive without a GUI. I don't want to use the GUI; I want to know how the command-line works. Which brings me to another reason: I have no idea what is there for me to use on the command line. Also, my wireless drivers need to be compiled, and wireless support in Linux is a little less than pretty.

And I like programming, and I program in Visual Basic 6 usually whenever I need a GUI. I don't really know what I am doing when I try to code in C++ with a GUI.

It's pretty funny, looking at the differences between Windows and Linux. I remember looking at wireless drivers for my old machine, and just about having a heart attack when I read that I needed to recompile my kernel to use them. That sounded scary.

I really should give Linux another try, but at the moment, I don't feel like rebuilding the disk image of my computer. I have it just about where I like it, and I don't feel like reinstalling everything I've built up over six months.

So no, I don't use Linux, and I don't have any direct plans to use Ubuntu, but I am not closed-minded about it.

JBot