Ubuntu, another choice

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin  final is almost out. The final release it scheduled to be out in the 26th of April 2012. After you actually get done with the installation, there would likely exist a heap of things you still need to take care of. This post will share some interesting insight and ideas about  what you can and should do after a successful installation. If you have already a previous release of Ubuntu installed and you want to upgrade, then follow our step by step guide to  upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin . Top things to do after installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

Moving your profile data Install Firefox and Thunderbird in Linux. If you have any extension (add-on) installed that has platform- specific  components in the profile, such as the  Lightning  calender for Thunderbird, you have to  uninstall  it first in your Windows profile. Once you have moved it to Linux, you can then reinstall the Linux version of that extension (in the case of Lightning, all your calendar data should be retained). Some extensions (such as IE Tab for Firefox) work only on Windows. It is recommended that you  uninstall  (or at least  disable ) any of them that is installed in your Windows profile before moving. Find your existing  Firefox profile  and  Thunderbird profile . Copy the the contents of the Firefox profile over the profile in the ".mozilla/firefox" subdirectory in your  home directory . Copy the contents of the Thunderbird profile over the profile in the ".thunderbird" subdirectory in your hom...

This article is written for users who are moving from Windows to Linux and want to continue to use Mozilla applications. It can be used with any Linux distribution or window manager, but is somewhat Ubuntu-centric due to that distribution's popularity Moving from Windows to Linux - MozillaZine Knowledge Base :