Freedom

You can use Ubuntu Linux for both home and commercial use completely free of charge.

But there is even more to freedom than not paying for your software. Ubuntu Linux comes with complete source code. If you are unfamiliar with advanced computing, you should think of source code as a recipe.

Most probably right now you are using operating system that gives you no access to its source code. You have no way of knowing how exactly your system works, actually no one except producer knows how and what exactly your system does.

Open access to source code gives you possibility to know exactly how your software works, it gives you also possibility to modify any part of the system. Even if you are not a programmer, you should know that there are many of them that would improve your operating system for no additional cost if they only had that option - Open Source makes it possible. This is the main reason for such rapid development of Ubuntu Linux system and it's increasing popularity.

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Who is using Ubuntu?

Check out who and why is using Ubuntu Linux. Read the stories below.

Mackenzie, Computer Science Student

I started using Ubuntu to learn what other options are out there besides Windows and OSX. I've learned the answer is "A LOT." I love how I can customize Ubuntu to work I want it to work. I can't do that on Windows or Mac OS. There are options Ubuntu has that I think make me more efficient, and I just can't work without them anymore. It makes using Windows or OSX incredibly annoying that those options are missing. I just feel too restricted in those other OSes.

Skar, Network Administrator

I have used linux for few projects in the past but never really felt like using it as my main OS. But then everything changed after I started using Ubuntu (Gutsy).

Not only have I switched from Windows, but I have completed formated my HDD replaced it with just Ubuntu. I have never experienced an operating system that is not only rich in features. Getting all your applications are just a click away from the Synaptics pkg manager. Stability and security is as good as it can get. And have the options and means to harden this OS to any level you require.

From the ease of use to the interface design Ubuntu is simply beautiful. And most importantly with Ubuntu, YOU ARE FREE.

Mike Ness, Sales / Computer Enthusiast

I have a Dell Dimension 8100 that I purchased back in 2000. I came pre-installed with Windows ME which is quite possibly the worst and least supported release from Microsoft. After 7 years of fighting that OS it finally crashed. I ended up wiping the drive and reinstalling ME. Even after the installation the system would only run a couple of hours before it would lock up forcing me to pull the plug to restart the system. I finally got tired of that and looked toward Linux.

I'd been reading about Ubuntu for three or four months but was always hesitant to install it. I finally got up the courage to try the Live CD. I was amazed that everything work immediately. I decided to take the plunge and install it on the HD. I took me two days to prepare the system by doing defrags, back-up's, burning CD's, and just reading everything I could find in case I encountered a problem. My fears were completely unfounded. The install went flawlessly. Within 45 minutes I was up and running.

Ubuntu breathed new life into my old, old computer. The computer seems to have the old snap that it use to have when it was new. It's rock solid stable. I go weeks without having to reboot, and then I'm probably only doing it from force of habit. I've never had the computer lock up or freeze on me yet. With Ubuntu, computing is how I remembered it to be. Fun and interesting.

I'm planing on purchase a new computer within the next few months and Ubuntu will be the only OS installed on that system. I couldn't be happier in having made the switch.

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