Ubuntu Users' Stories
Below you will find Ubuntu Stories submited by people all around the World. Most of them are in english, but we are also allowing other langauges.
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Check out who and why is using Ubuntu Linux. Read the stories below.
James Dearing, computer science student
I just convinced my dad to try Ubuntu; he was getting tired of running so many anti-virus and anti-spyware utilities on his Vista computer. While he wasn't initially impressed by the installer (we had forgotten to defrag his hard drive before repartitioning it, which caused it to appear to hang during the partitioning process), he does like the increased speed and usability of Ubuntu.
I talked him through installing his printer. It was a piece of cake - all he had to do was connect the printer and turn it on, and Ubuntu took care of the rest. No questions asked, no driver disks needed, it just works. The same goes for his other hardware - it just works.
Mandrill, Loafer and father
I use Ubuntu on my home file server and only restart it every 6 months or so (not counting restarts required by upgrades). Its great, the server lives under my stairs and I can forget about it.
Daniel, Student
I tried first Ubuntu 6.06. I did that because I had a problem with Windows updates. It was so funny because I said that I would use Ubuntu only within a week and if it convince me I'll keep using it... and since then Ubuntu is my Desktop OS.
What I like so much of Ubuntu is it's simplicity and that you can customize every single thing. Of course... desktop effects also makes me love so much this Operative System.
I'm sorry because of my poor english.
Gabriel J. Pérez, Computer engineering student
Ubuntu introduced me to free software. And I have to say that I wish I had learned about free software earlier because it is GREAT! You should try Ubuntu Linux. It is a whole different world out here. You will never look back ;)
Ubuntu 4 ever!
Whit, Web Systems Administrator
I have been using unix/linux off and on for the past 8 years. Two years ago I took the plunge and installed a distro on my desktop. After installing several different flavors I finally found Ubuntu. And Ubuntu is where I have stayed. It works, it's free, and it's support!
H Courtenay,
I've known about GNU/Linux for a few years, but never really made the switch until I bought a new PC notebook.
After suffering with the preinstalled Vista for 8 months, I finally decided to investigate other options - I wasn't getting the full value out of my hardware, since Vista was choking on Core 2 Duo processors, 1GB RAM and nVIDIA GeForce graphics card.
I found Ubuntu, tried it out with the Live CD, and fell in love with the speed, beauty and stability.
Daniel Alberson, Student
My first experience with Linux was installing it on my xbox, so that I could bypass my dads proxy. I used it and it was great for my xbox. About 6 months later I bought my self a new PC with Windows Xp, after some usage it was full of virii and was just plain unusable. I remembered how i liked my experience with Linux. So i decided to give Ubuntu a shot as my operating system. 2 Years later i haven't looked back once : )
Nick, Broke student
I first tried Ubuntu 5.10, but wasn't convinced at all: I was unable to get Wifi working with my USB stick, slowdowns everywhere. I kept XP on a dual-boot.
6.06 was great and worked very well, as 6.10. 7.04 was great and 7.10 really the best release in my opinion.
I dumped XP since 6.06, and never looked back. Except when I bought my new laptop, with Vista Basic (don't kill me please). I found this OS to be quite good, and 7.10 wouldn't recognise my sound card or my Broadcom wifi PCI card. So I kept Vista (and 7.10) on a dual boot.
I finally figured out how to get everything working, and dumped Vista too.
Now, I'm running Hardy Heron (8.04) and I really think it's the best OS I've ever used. Simple, fast and beautiful with the Human Murrine theme, I will probably never be able to use Windows on my notebook. I installed it on my girlfriend's laptop (which is not my girlfriend anymore, sadly :-( , but not because of Ubuntu, because I'm a f***ing cheater) and on my parents computer too. They all enjoy it so much that they spit on Windows like I never did...
Well, with the features included in the last version (Windows installer and Live CD), I guess everyone should give it a try. And for the gamers and pros, there is totally Wine which allows Win32 programs to run on Ubuntu. It runs quite well and almost every songle soft I tried, so no reason to pass, is it?
Anyway, this is a really great website, nice, well animated, you should totally market it towards Ubuntu Forums and maybe Ubuntu website. It gives a really nice overview of the OS.
PS: sorry for my awful english, I'm french...
Anton Kerezov, Student
I have started using Ubuntu when my XP computer got replaced by Vista one. The proprietary OS make me wonder what else is there newer than XP and better performing than Vista. The answer was simple - Ubuntu GNU/Linux. It feel just open. You can customize everything you wish the way you want it thus having one really unique computer. And all the functionality you need for day to day usage is there. You just have to try it :)
Bert Van de Poel, Student and webdesigner
I remember the days when I used windows, it was such a pain to run the massive piece of crap on a 1.6Ghz system, then I learned about linux and tried many distributions until I found ubuntu: ubuntu was easy, fast but also powerful and flexible. I have been here since 2006 and I will always be an ubuntu-ite, ubuntu makes things easy without taking away the good basic things.
It's perfect for beginners, power-users and everything in between.
Richard Bravo, Student / Programmer
Well I just decided to start using Ubuntu because everybody was talking about it. But after a week I needed to go back to Windows and it wasn't possible because i was so used to Ubuntu that everything on windows seems to be really slow and boring. Since that I started using Ubuntu and I realize that I don't really need Windows anymore.
José Luis, Student
I switched in 2004 with Dapper and Ubuntu keeps getting better. Is not perfect(yet), but its quite nice.
Kamil, Student
It was poor morning in October 2007 when I first time put Ubuntu CD in my DVD-ROM. After a while I saw a nice-looking brown desktop. I liked it and decided to install. From that day it is my OS. Ubuntu is very nice, stable, fast, flexible and curious:) This system is great and I can do on it and with it almost everything. Two days ago I upgrade to new version - 8.04. And this is even more friendly user and easy to use. Almost everything makes automatically and works fine. This is really Linux for human beings. Great OS. I recommend it everybody.
Steve L., Poor Student
I had been reading all the hype about Ubuntu on Digg.com and finally decided to take the jump in and never looked back.
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
Bouncin' Troy Wallabee, Student
After hearing a little about Linux and Free Systems in general, I began looking around for a good distribution. I had heard a thing or two about Red Hat, but decided I wasn't ready. A few weeks later, a friend of mine told me about Ubuntu and gave me a CD. I tried it, and have been in love ever since. Ubuntu's stability, security, appearance, simplicity, have astounded me, and since then, I've never looked back.
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.
Lexen, Medical Field
I love the idea of open source. It feels like I am moving out of my parents house into the woods. But then me and more people then I can image get together and we build a mansion overlooking our parents shacks.
Double D, Student
Lets just say i knew i would switch to ubuntu before i even used it
James G., Student
I started because I was curious, and I came back for the community. A very impressive alternative to the commercial OSs.
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