Quote Originally Posted by chrisdavis
Isnt the purpose of Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, and a few others to be desktop distros? I am a total noob with Linux so I am asking.

Well any distro can me "made" to work on a desktop platform, however most people dont like working in terminals or command line, and prefer a GUI. OSX is an excellent example. If you put the time in to learn the OS, Linux is very safe and powerful to use in any environment.