Flexibility
Linux works on a large number of different kinds of devices. It can be found installed on desktop PCs, notebooks, mobile phones, routers, fridges, cars, planes, etc.
Linux gives you a level of flexibility that none other operating system will ever be able to offer. There are always millions of different solutions for the same tasks, and loads of free software for you to choose from. While other popular operating systems offers you only one graphical interface, in Linux you can choose between many fast and highly usable desktop environments, and yet customize each of them too.
With Linux, installation of software had never been easier. You will install 99% of all the software that you need from one system-integrated installer. Once you select from list specific software that you need it will download, install and set it up for you.
Who is using Ubuntu?
Check out who and why is using Ubuntu Linux. Read the stories below.
Narmo, Merchant navy officer
Fascinated in Linux I installed Mandrake in 2002. Learning how to use the system was very difficult for me since I didn't have any friends with linux and I had only expensive dial-up Internet connection. Since then I tried Mandriva, PLD, Fedora with long periods of using Windows as primary OS. Most of distros seemed to me to be to difficult to configure properly and didn't work well with my hardware. About a year ago I decided to try Linux once more and installed Kubuntu. I was surprised how that it worked on my laptop almost out of the box without searching for drivers and ways how to guess configuration flags. Still some minor issues aren't handled properly but in comparison to other systems it is still the best choice for me. I finished my studies with it, used free software to do research for my academy and now I'm using it for entertiment and my hobbies - photography and programming. I am happy that I don't have to worry about software licences when I go to ship with my laptop.
Now I don't have previous enthusiasm to spend hours learning how to configure system, compile kernel etc. Operating system for me is just a tool which should be user friendly, not offence my inteligence and just simply work. (K)Ubuntu seems to be just what I need - based on super-stable debian but better for non-IT specialist and for desktop use.
Pollo Suicida, Veterinary Student
i was tired of BSOD, so i begin to seek for other O.S, i read about linux, so i had the idea that it was not for "normal" people (somelike "just for hackers" ) by the magic hand of luck some day in a house i saw a cd that said "ubuntu linux for HUMAN BEINGS", then seeking for that Ubuntu i installed it and now its my only OS in my laptop, just good things since that day, greetings from Chile. Go Veg(etari)an
Tom, Programmer
I started using Linux back in 1999 and I fell in love with it. After a short time, I was learning how to automate advanced Linux tasks using scripts, etc. I was a bit of a snob towards Ubuntu at first. "There's no way that simpleton of a distro can beat my Slackware!" That was how I felt. Then, on a whim, I decided to install Ubuntu and give it a go. Now, three LTS releases later, the ONLY distro installed on my machine is Ubuntu. I guess in the end, wanting to automate all those tasks was about ease of use. Ubuntu comes out of the box easy to use. I love my Ubuntu!
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