OT: What's the deal with Ubuntu?

[Oded Maimon]

Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:

>Hi Everyone,
>
>There's a lot of talk around the Linux camp about Ubuntu: why? I've read
>some reviews about it and a few snippets here and there of users
>opinions on it, but I still don't get it.
>
>Short of installing Ubuntu myself, can anyone give me a quick run down
>on why Ubuntu is apparently rising like a rocket?  Any big differences
>between Ubuntu and Fedora, besides the fact that Ubuntu is based on
>bleeding-edge Debian?
>
>Also, how does one pronounce the name?  You-bun-too?  Ooo-bun-too?
>
>Intrigued,
>
>Ranbir
>
I read half of this thread, and i wanted to know 2 things:

how the support for Wi-Fi? it comes with ndiswarper?

how the video support? it comes with dual view support? it comes with 
all codecs? with what video tools it comes?