Linux

I just had a thought. Most of the people who need stuff to just work are not going to be digging into the internals of their system. They don't want to know why the thing does what it does, only that it does it. The advantage to linux in this regard is that going in, most people have to work on something to get it working. Linux inspires people to want to figure out how the system works. Additionally there is a certain satisfaction in arriving at the point where something that didn't work now does. Linux is to computing what the 1980 Ford Pinto in the backyard that needs some work is to the mechanic. Laugh if you must, until that Pinto with the upgraded V8 smokes your new "sports car" at a stoplight. 

I am glad that ubuntu is making a linux OS that works for the most part out of the box. Not everything, nor every computer works correctly on a fresh install. Most things do though, at the same time allowing the adventurous user to dig in and find something new.

Mike