Hmm, one of the cover CDs of an Australian mag has Ubuntu on it this month - I might buy it to check it out (there's no way I can download it, lol)

Well, I'm really a Linux n00b - used Mandrake 9 about 3 years ago, as well as Knoppix at the time - I found them interesting, but I'm sorda not used to it, especially the filesystem.  Tried Fedora Core 5 about a year ago - on the surface, seemed to be about the same.
I wonder what made Ubuntu so popular...