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I've been a Windows user for a while, but now that Ubuntu came out, I decided to try and make the switch to 'nix.

Is Ubuntu all that it's cracked up to be? And will I be able to learn the nix commands so I can eventually switch over to something along the lines of slackware?

>>5
If it's your first time with linux, I'd suggest you go with Ubuntu rather than Gentoo. But if you do decide to use Gentoo, don't give up.