I was never much of a fan of Ubuntu; I was always against those childish squabbles that never allowed Linux to be valued as the great Operating System that it is.
But today I come to recognize the excellence that Ubuntu has achieved since version 11.04. The system is very lightweight and does not require major configurations, which provides home users who want efficiency and little hassle with a real and viable alternative for a great system.
When I first encountered Ubuntu, it looked a lot like the late Kurumin, with some auto-execution scripts that showed the user a bunch of completely unnecessary 'operational responses'.
Anyone who wants their Operating System to be used by the masses must find a way to make their scripts work while completely hiding the processing debug responses.
I am going to install version 11.10 on my netbook right now, and I don't plan on making any major changes for a long time. For the installation, it is highly recommended to be connected to the internet so that language packages can be downloaded during the process.
I have already downloaded it from the website, which, despite being presented in English, required no configuration; I just clicked "Download," and with my 10mb internet connection, I achieved a wonderful download rate, consistently above 1.2mb/second.
The ISO image can be used to burn a CD, and it already includes a very easy application that creates an installation USB drive, which can also be used for the installation itself.
