Speed

With other popular operating system vendors you need to buy new hardware almost every time you upgrade operating system to a newer version. With Linux, when you upgrade your system, you should expect that it will be working even faster then previous version on the same hardware. Imagine that you can use newest Linux systems even on machines as slow as Pentium 100MhZ. The user experience is of course lower on older computers, but it works!

If you have a look at hardware requirements for software/games that are simultaneously released on Linux and Microsoft Windows, you will see that Linux versions always need less resources to run the same applications.

Linux is secure enough not to need virus scanners running in background. It is an important difference, as antivirus software often consumes lots of machine's resources and slows it down.

Oh, and you should be prepared not to see blue screen ever again.

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Who is using Ubuntu?

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

Alex Abbott, Student

I started out with Ubuntu 2 years ago, when I was told it was an alternative to buying Windows Vista for all those fancy graphics. I quickly found out it was much, much more at a price you couldn't beat - free! The community was one of the best I had ever been in; open and willing to help even with the smallest of questions. It also allowed my computer to be more flexible in both how much resources it used and how it looked. Overall, I would recommend it to anyone who has hardware that works with it.

Hendoc, Contractor

I have used Linux since 2005 and Ubuntu since 2006. I love the control I have over my own machines. I bought a new machine 2 weeks ago -AMD64x2 4400+- and it came with Vista. As I had never used Vista and I had payed for it, I decided to give it a try. It lasted 6 days before I let Ubuntu Hardy Heron format it to oblivion.

Arno Takuya, Student

To put it simply, Windows really can't compare to Ubuntu. Ubuntu is fast, efficient, and incredibly customizable for those who wish to do so.

Like Martin, I started off with a dual-boot setup, and found that Windows was just being unused.

To those who haven't tried it; you're missing out real bad :)

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