I thought I'd chime in and say that I'm currently using Ubuntu, have been using it for a month or two, and I really hate it.

The packaging system is terrible; packages are missing that people claim ought to be there, figuring out which packages to install for what I'd consider basic functions is a nightmare, etc.

For my current problem, someone tell me how I'm supposed to install mplayer on Ubuntu 5.10. There is no mplayer package.