there are few folks facing problems with ubuntu. it (9.10 also) usually worked well for me, except when i got my SSD the problems started (all distros though - kernel bugs)
plans for lucid are to be conservative/stable since its an LTS (learn from previous mistakes), so its looking good for april 2010...
im currently running 10.04 alphas and with continuous kernel error logs, disk errors (hope i dont kill my precioussd)
edit: updated previous post with pic and vid...
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Originally Posted by Gaurish  I have friends, who wants to try Linux - he is a complete newbie so needs an easy to use distro |
i guess for ease its ubuntu or mandriva, although i would suggest your friend try ubuntu 9.10 first (and hope they dont face problems like hardware/video/sound issues) because of the vast info/support out there. if that causes problems they can try mandriva "one" 2010
also, please show your friend screenshots of both GNOME and latest KDE 4.3/4.4 so they can pick. i would recommend KDE now that its quite sweet and stable...
so finally, if GNOME then try ubuntu, if KDE then try mandriva...