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

[Adam Glauser]

Bill Traynor wrote:
> On Dec 5, 2007 8:54 AM, Adam Glauser <adamglauser at wlualumni.ca> wrote:
>> I'm a Kubuntu user as well, and I'm happy with it too.  I wouldn't say
>> it works for everything out of the box though - IIRC, I had to jump
>> through some hoops to get a full range of multimedia codecs.
> 
> Nothing works for everything out of the box though.  Not OS X, not
> Windows, ....nothing.

You're right of course, but Rob specifically asked for "the best distro 
for home use that just plain works in terms of 
multimedia/browsing/plug-ins/etc."  Ubuntu and friends meet neither the 
multimedia nor the plug-in requirements, in terms of what is installed 
by default.  This is not a knock on those distributions, but there may 
be other distros that fit that particular bill more completely.