(13/01/2011 03:48 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  let me tell you, if you arent already a windows power-user, you won't stand a chance with ubuntu...

lolwut? i don't know hardly anything about windows, and i could find my way around ubuntu in my sleep. they're two independent operating systems, with completely different ways to operate.

(13/01/2011 03:48 PM)Barcelona Wrote:  so im guessing i need to be a linux power-user now? XD

no, not really. i didnt know much about linux when i started with slackware. it thrusts you into an environment where you learn what to do very quickly (or give up and go back to debian :p). after a month of slackware, youll have learned more than you probably would in a year of ubuntu. and the best part is, the things you learn in slackware, you can apply to any distribution, because you learn how to control the OS from LINUX's configuration files, not ubuntu's included wizards.

there's an old saying "if you learn red hat, youll know red hat. if you learn slackware, youll know linux"

id say that pretty much sums it up.

that being said, don't just run off, download slackware, delete ubuntu, and expect everything to work out, but if you ever did decide to take the plunge, id be happy to help you get it set up and everything.