Here's a good analogy:
So three airlines, a Mac airline, a Linux airline, and a Windows airline, are started.
On the Mac airline, the flight is smooth and everything, but whenever you ask a question (i.e. "Where's the bathroom?" or "how do I adjust my seat?") they just say, "It's all right, you don't need to know."
On the Windows airline, they tell you everything and the service is incredible, but in the middle of the flight, the plane stops flying and crashes into the ground, taking out an entire city block.
On the Linux airline, the only people on it are you and the pilot. Before taking off, he hands you a bunch of metal scrap parts, some screws, a wrench, and a screwdriver, and goes into the front. It is a bit of a bumpy road at first, but after an hour you are able to put the chair together and figure everything out, and it works exactly the way you want it without exception. You never use another airline again, and you get so many Frequent Flyer miles that every flight after the first is free.
Ubuntu is screwy, get SUSE or something good like that.
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