I don't mean to pick apart your post, because as a 10,000 ft overview it's not too bad. But what about Ubuntu precludes compiling things?
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It's not that you cannot compile stuff under Ubuntu -- it's that you compile everything under Gentoo.
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Ubuntu, without a doubt; installs in less than 1 hour, works right out the box.
Lots of specific apps.
A tremendous community to support you.I gave up on Gentoo ... I had to get that box running. However, Gentoo has probably more power, good if you have the time to tinker - sorry, optimize :-).
You can try Ubuntu with the live CD, does not install anything on your disk. Have fun !!!
Life is tough, it's tougher when you are dumb... jfl
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You were doing really well until "If you're scared of choices and shell prompts: OSX". It's not a case of being scared of choice and the shell, it's a case of having better things to do than spend hours getting everything working and then more hours fixing it when it randomly breaks, which has been the case every time I tried Linux on a laptop. Although really, any OS not written by excitable children would probably work just as well. When Apple piss me off sufficiently, maybe I'll try FreeBSD on a laptop. | [reply] |
