The things I would like to see in every distro

[minthaka]

These are my favorite things, wich I (as an average user) would like to see, when I insert a Live/Installation CD or DVD:
1. KwikDisk (needed for every beginner)
2. Wireless Assistant ( the dificulty of connection can definitely chase an user away from Linux)
3. A resonable user management.

These are only 3 things.
I have them with Mepis 6.0.
I would like to give a trial to its "grandfather", the Ubuntu, but I miss these things.
Tell me please, how to access to the HD filesystems when I'm on Live Kubuntu 6.10?
And I also cannot access the Internet. I have a Realtek 8180L card, the system recognizes it, and also the network, the "ESSID"s, but I cannot connect to them with or without sudo.
Isn't the "sudo" principle for root access in Ubuntu a bit childish?

[tuxv]

Isn't the "sudo" principle for root access in Ubuntu a bit childish?

No it's not childish. To access HD file system use these commands

sudo mkdir /mnt/hda1
sudo mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
cd /mnt/hda1

It's just that easy. You can also browse to that directory using Konqueror by typing the address /mnt/hda1 in the adress bar.

[cayalee]

i'd like to see mp3 support on there too

[easuter]

Wireless-assistant is a good app but is a KDE app, and not everyone wants or needs kde installed, especially on older hardware.
Wifi-radar is much lighter and doens't require any specific desktop environment t be installed.

and for KwikiDisk the same thing: its a kde app. its far easier to open a terminal and type df to see disk usage.

Any distro nowadays has "decent" user management via a control panel of some sort. Even VectorLinux's VASM control panel will help you manage users.
And don't look at account separation as an impediment, because its one of the strongest barriers against malware infesting your computer.