Ofcourse he doesn't want the kernel
- not stand-alone anyway
Ubuntu is really nice, but It's not windows95 like, and no small download. You need a distro that installs all packages from the net (so you can select which ones you want, and it'll download thes). Another option: Order an Ubuntu-CD. It's completely free (no ads or something):
http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/.
So how's that possible? 2 words:
Rich african