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Why Should I Choose Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is a free OS distribution based on Linux. Why should you choose it?

Spend Less Money

Ubuntu is 100% free and mostly open Linux-based OS. It means you can use it free of charge. For example, when you buy a new PC, you don't have to pay for Windows.

Support for Many Formats

This means that when you need to open Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentation, you get it open using OpenOffice.org office suite. Unfortunately, only the most common formats are supported in default installation. Many other formats can be opened by other free tools. Those tools can be found from Ubuntu's official repositories or other resources or by compiling them manually from source. If you can't open the format you want, you can ask, why it's not supported and suggest it for the developers and if it's popular it can become supported. For example in Windows, you have to pay for every software you need to open a file.

Support for a Wide Range of Different Kind of Hardware

Linux has good support for different kind of PC hardware. About every computer hardware and all its devices work at least 95% with Ubuntu. Or I think so. Linux supports the modern services like Internet, graphic user interface (GUI), sounds (PC speaker is still in use but there's also sound effects), 3D graphics in desktop and games , VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) and printing. Webcam is partially supported and better support might be under development.

Better and Easier Choice for High-Quality Internet Security

Ubuntu supports many Internet services and protocols like for surfing, e-mail, file transfer, VOIP, IM... etc. Security is not the biggest problem because there's no trojans, keyloggers or other kind of malware for Ubuntu or any other Linux yet. Anyway, Ubuntu can work as a server, so the security level of webhost is provided for everyone and for 100% free.

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Comments (6)
#1 by henry blince, Apr 15, 2008
Ubuntu isn't 'a free OS-based program on Linux'. It *IS* Linux.

This article is drivel.
#2 by Someone, Apr 15, 2008
Also, Ubunbu drastically reduces your HDD's lifespan. Which is a bummer, 'cause Ubuntu is a great free OS.
#3 by GFYM, Apr 15, 2008
You don't "have to pay for every software you need to open a file.".
I can open every needed file on my windows with freeware programs.
#4 by Emiliano, Apr 15, 2008
Henry: Ubuntu *ISN'T* Linux, it *contains* Linux. Linux is the kernel, and a kernel alone does not an operating system make. You would find it hard to even get to *boot* the kernel without additional utilities.
#5 by theflamingpi, Apr 15, 2008
Ubuntu isn't a "free OS-based program on Linux". Ubuntu is a distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system that aims to be used freely by anyone. It is also not exactly an operating system. That's why it is a "distribution", because the operating system is actually GNU/Linux. Ubuntu is a project that has packages selected by a group of developers who have specific ideas of what is necessary or optimum and what is extraneous, but still usable.


Saying that it is a "free OS-based program on Linux" is like saying that sourdough is a tasty bread-based food on wheat. Sourdough is a type of bread using wheat as a base. Ubuntu is a Operating System Distribution using GNU/Linux as a base.
#6 by Jens, Apr 15, 2008
Ubuntu is great, but I wouldn't recommend it (Or any other Linux distribution) to a novice. Sure you have a great support on the internet but there are still so many obstacles which will make a novice think Ubuntu is too complicate at some points. I tried to install it on my notebook. It was just too hard to make everything work. And not everything really worked at the end.
The driver support was not that good as you described it. Same thing on my PC.
Tried it one time on my Macbook but after reading the Instructions how to install everything right to make it work, I quit.
Don't get me wrong its the best OS out there as far as I have seen it. But it needs much more support to make it useful for the standard n00b. But this is not the fault of the Linux developers its the Hardware developers fault for not writing the right drivers.
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