Stability
Most of websites that you are visiting while browsing Internet are hosted on Linux and other Unix family systems. The main reason for that is its stability. Now, you can experience that stability on your desktop computer by downloading and installing Ubuntu Linux.
If you are tired of frequent hangs and crashes of your current operating system you should definitely try out Ubuntu.
Its open architecture guarantees that it is almost 100% bug free, and even if some bugs occur, they are being fixed in a matter of hours.
Who is using Ubuntu?
Check out who and why is using Ubuntu Linux. Read the stories below.
Azeem, Student
I added Ubuntu 7.10 to my hard drive via dual boot and I am just amazed. All of the problems Windows have and all of the restrictions Macs have are gone. Just plain gone. Even if I do encounter a problem, it's probably really easy to fix and I can easily find the answer by asking the community on the Ubuntu forums. All it takes is copying a line of text into a box and pressing Enter.
I still have to keep Windows for some applications, but I am gradually switching to Ubuntu for my daily computing needs. I already use Ubuntu more than Windows on my home computer. It has a high quality office suite, web browser, and all the basic stuff, and anything else you would need is in the large list of applications in the Add/Remove window. Installing applications is a breeze, too. All I have to do is check the box of what I want to install (and uncheck what I want to uninstall) and click Apply. Everything else is done automatically. No need to worry about clicking "Next" all the time, reading ridiculously long EULAs, or worrying about product activation. Free software is good software.
The reason to use Linux and the benefit I love the most is the community. Almost everyone is helpful and kind, and there are millions of people who are using and working on Ubuntu to fix bugs, add features, change the look, and just make Ubuntu cool. I think installing Ubuntu was the best computing decision I have ever made.
Pablo Gustavo Chiodo, SupplyChain & logistics manager / IT&IS manager
Years ago tired of using MS Windows, I decided to try several flavors of linux, at the end I decided ubuntu v 6.06. Now at home my wife use ubuntu too. My sister and his son use ubuntu too. And all are really happy with the experience and the freedom it gives us. Our notebooks are also ubuntu, and at work my notebook is fully ubuntu and runs XP under virtualbox. Moving away from Ms Windows has been for us one of the best choices we made.
Finley, retired
I have been messing around with various Linux distributions for years, always running a dual boot and engineering some spectacular crashes. I don't know how many times I've had to reformat/reinstall. I have always hated Windoze. It is like they just don't care how many crashes and how much grief you have to put up with. Anyway this isn't an anti Windoze rant.
After I recovered from my two year addiction to World of Warcraft I downloaded Gutsy Gibbon, burned it and installed it. I couldn't believe how smoothly it went. I wiped windows from my hard drive and now run Ubuntu 8.4. I love it.
Only reason I can see to run windows is if you are a serious gamer, but Wine (running windows apps in Linux) gets better all the time.
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