Re: Linux noob
"I've already mentioned, above, MX-15 as very nice desktop distro, so why not again :)"
I'll just point out that Slackware 14.2 is at RC2 and due for release in a month or several and that Willysr's MATE desktop packages run very nicely. The OpenOffice.org binaries install fine when converted with rpm2tgz. All cool.
And then I'll get my coat 'cos this is about Ubuntu.