[kwlug disc.] best distro for "out of the box" home system?

[Robert P. J. Day]

  given that (for political reasons) i'm still primarily using fedora
core, i don't spend a lot of time messing with other distros, but
i'm frequently asked what's the best distro for home use that just
plain works in terms of multimedia/browsing/plug-ins/etc.

  fedora is certainly a poor choice for that, given its policy of
nothing pre-installed that isn't pure GPL, so i never recommend it.
typically, i suggest ubuntu.  any other opinions?

rday

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Robert P. J. Day
Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry
Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA

http://crashcourse.ca
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