Via the Chronicle of Higher Education's
ProfHacker Blog"What makes UberStudent unique is its target audience, and the software and little added touches it has as a result.... I wouldn't recommend that a beginner start even with Ubuntu, unless said beginner is technically inclined and likes to tinker a bit. With UberStudent, though, students don't need to tinker. In fact, they shouldn't even need to install any software. Everything most students might reasonably need is pre-installed, so they can just get to work."
Full review at
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/g ... dent/59139