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Yes, Ubuntu has the community and...
Canonical has the drive to get feedback and the release updates that respond to user demands. Ubuntu is improving at a rate greater than any of the other distro's aimed at noobs.

They're are many good distro's, but few have a team as dedicated to making it easier than what Canonical does for Ubuntu.

The fact of Ubuntu's popularity is enough to make it better, because that expands the community. The larger the community, the more likely that random Joe can get the answer to his question.
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I don?t like teenagers  duclod | 10/10/08
Re: I don?t like teenagers  cd2_z | 10/10/08
Ignore the person behind the curtain...  MGP2 | 10/10/08
Inflation is pretty bad  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/10/08
It's OK  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/10/08
How about you?  dave.leigh@... | 10/11/08
He's an honor student  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/10/08
The bundle is all only if the package is bad  Michael Kelly | 10/10/08
There will always be frustrations with any OS  hamobu | 10/13/08
I've stated this before ...  MisterMiester | 10/10/08
Side note!  kevinfarringer@... | 10/10/08
Those require Windows  Michael Kelly | 10/10/08
That doesn't make sense.  kozmcrae | 10/10/08
Star Office didn't have RTF export?  TripleII | 10/10/08
RTF blows...  T1Oracle | 10/10/08
Nevertheless...  dave.leigh@... | 10/11/08
You answered for me, lol.  TripleII | 10/11/08
Misses the point in this case.  TripleII | 10/11/08
Crappy custom distros...  storm14k | 10/10/08
Re: Crappy custom distros...  SamYeager | 10/11/08
Why not Google docs, ...  n0neXn0ne | 10/10/08
Should have went with Ubuntu or Eeebuntu.  T1Oracle | 10/10/08
Here is your problem  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 10/10/08
RE:Here is your problem ...  n0neXn0ne | 10/10/08
Dell doesn't do this ...  MisterMiester | 10/11/08
The most newb friendly Linux distro, Ubuntu?  handydan918@... | 10/10/08
The problem with your arguement...  storm14k | 10/10/08
Yes, Ubuntu has the community and...  T1Oracle | 10/11/08
Widows does not come pre-installed with anything  hamobu | 10/13/08
FYI: StarOffice is OpenOffice  wackoae | 10/10/08
I believe he said it was an older version.  storm14k | 10/10/08
Since OpenOffice was originally StarOffice  wackoae | 10/11/08
Correction, unless you mean pre 1999.  TripleII | 10/11/08
RE: On the Linux laptop the bundle is all  mtonnies | 10/11/08
Agreed, need to check the fine print  RayneToday | 10/12/08
My own mother did not like Linux because minesweeper was slightly different  hamobu | 10/13/08
You let him act like that?  devlin_X | 10/13/08
No, installing an app on Linux is not like on Windows  putt1ck | 10/13/08
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