Hmm... I don't know I just don't like Ubuntu, or any other Linux distribution that's designed to be "user friendly". Because:
1. The default window manager is Gnome. Its easy to use but I'd rather use iceWM, because its faster. A lot of people think its ugly but I don't see why that matters, and anyways there are some pretty good themes for it. I know I could change the default window manager in a couple of seconds but it still annoys me.
2. I don't like typing sudo <command> and then my password every time I want to do something as root.
3. When I opened up the file manager and went to /usr/bin to change something all of the files were hidden because "these are vital system files and you might hurt your poor computer". Reminds me to much of Windows/Mac.
4. This isn't Linux. When I click on "tour: I want to see details about the distribution, not an advertisement for it.
All of the things that make the distro "user friendly" just take up memory and make things run slower. I like my computer to be lightning fast, when I click on a program I expect it to open instantly.
Ubuntu just seems like an operating system for people that want Windows/Mac but don't want to pay a lot of money.
I recommend Absolute or Vector Linux, and if you still insist on going with something Ubuntu based go with Crunchbang.
Screen shot of Absolute. See? It looks great but is still fast fast fast.
