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I have been running Ubuntu and Mint for years now. I do not race to install the first release. I think Ubuntu 10.04 underwent some changes to Ubuntu 10.04.1 or 10.04.2, I do not recall which I have here.

For the OS that will attract the new user it is Mint hands down, no fiddling with repos to get proprietary drivers, flash and Java, it just works out of the box!

Ubuntu for that reason will NEVER attract the casual users they seek which are new to linux, Mint WILL.

It is almost insane anyone thinks that new users want anything more to install and use it. They do not want a learning curve about repos, apt-get, and the perils of proprietary drivers in ubuntu.

Give them a Minty fresh version where it all works out of the box.