I've been messing around with Linux for years. I used to marvel at the potential it had. But recently I stopped looking for a Linux that just 'worked'. I'm talking about one that I didn't have to know how to program to make work, one that I didn't have to open a terminal and type in arcane commands to make something print. I stopped looking because it's here. Linux - for people that just want to use their computers and not spend their time mucking around with the system itself.

Linux isn't perfect, but easy, usable Linux distros are available now. Here's a quick look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of Linux in 2010.

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