Ubuntu, Few Questions Options

[Marcilo]

Anyone using Ubuntu? How is the interface? How big is the entire setup?

[hildebrand]

I use the parent distro of Ubuntu, Debian. Ubuntu is a quite easier to use interface and most users of M$ are able to move forward very fast with just a little bit of guidance. Disk requirements are as Exon suggests however usually one needs to get lots of packages from net when installing from the net. That can be often painful and sometimes bewildering to someone bridging the gap. So to totally new users I usually recommending using another custom Ubuntu distro called Ultimate Edition. It comes with almost all programs one may need pre-installed. Its available for download here:-
http://ultimateedition.info/ultimate-edition-2-3/
This is a slightly bigger distro due to the many packages which come pre-installed (2+ GB DVD and on installation should be around 9 GB I think) saving some headache in the initial days.

If you do lots of multimedia stuff you could use another variant Ubuntu Studio available here:-
http://ubuntustudio.org/
It has some customisations for multimedia apps.

A help page for some trouble shooting etc is available here:-
http://lug-iitd.org/Articles/Debian_Help
Not all maybe relevant to Ubuntu users though but should give an idea.

Feel free to ask questions here incase of a problem. I'll try to help as much as possible.

This post has been edited by hildebrand: Oct 20 2009, 10:15 PM