WTF is it with ubuntu?

Does this distro work with anything? How the Hell can a distro be so
popular if only works with a limited set of hardware? WTF is THAT hardware?

I'm a slackware user. Works on every box I've installed it on, from ancient
PIIs to >2MHz cpu platforms (non-dual). Not so, ubuntu. Tried several
versions from 7.x to latest 8.10. Has yet to boot to a functioning OS on
anthing I own. Freezes every damn time. Has this distro finally equalled
Windows in one fatal respect? It will not boot until one spends enough
money on gear to meet greedy industry h/w reqs?

nb ...disgusted
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