Hello linux users and new bies!
Ubuntu is the best operating system in this soft-world i think so
The ten bst thing s
1 No virus! yes no need to fear and also to run hours of virus scans!
2 easier than windows/Mac in UI-user interface
3 Easiest setup and fast too!
4 No need of Drivers for basic hardwares included
5 Full functionality to office work, as included open office org Which is the best open source productivity suite!
6 Included many useful packages like - Gimp image editor -an altenative of adobe photo sho and this one is Free!,.and many many
7 .Easy Remote access ! Connect Your ubuntu machine from anyone with the inbuilt remote desktop feature!
8.Super graphics and sound uality with ALSA and other linux video enhance ments
9 Fastest os! Turns a Old machine in P4!
10 Finaly Reduces Cost of a PC and Gives you complete peace of mind being free!
One could probably make a list of contradictory arguments, but Ubuntu is still an awesome operating system.
A small misunderstanding, a full feature-rich Gnome system is generally a little slower as Windows XP.
i must agree with the feature rich gnome being slightly slow.
but i think it has improved over the years, and maybe it'll be better.
i thought about changing to kde, or maybe even go further and change it into icewm or xfce, but then i got really lazy and opted to go for upgrade in hardware.
kde is slower? damn. i thought it was just gnome that was slow.
yeah, it's true xfce and icewm has less features, but i don't mind going minimalistic.
I prefer KDE myself, and with a bit of tweaking it's the most useable desktop environment out there.
Remember: Ubuntu is not an operating system, it is a distribution of the Linux operating system. Linux 2.6.24 in fact. So, let's see about each point, taking Ubuntu Gnome, Kubuntu KDE and Linux in general.
1. No viruses. This is a common point about Linux. Quite simply, Linux is designed to be as secure as you make it. There are no back doors, no security holes beyond what you make. Of course, running everything as root is going to make you die horribly. Ubuntu/Kubuntu is good here in that it enforces the use of sudo/gksudo/kdesudo to perform administrative tasks, and automatically sets a random root password which it doesn't tell you (although you can still do sudo passwd to set the root password to whatever you want).
Really, it's only Windows that suffers from viruses because of poor design choices early on in the security department.
2. This really depends on the desktop environment and distribution, and here I agree. For Ubuntu/Gnome, the interface is well laid out and things do what you expect them to do. For Kubuntu, it's not quite so clear but in Hardy Heron the System Settings panel is in the right place, and it doesn't take long to figure out how to customize it. Once customized, your system will be even better than Gnome, simply because YOU decide everything. For Linux in general, I tend to disagree, however, performing complex tasks is made very easy through use of Bash, which is MUCH easier to use than DOS.
3. Setup is really very easy for this distribution. You can also customize every aspect of mounting your filesystem, or just opt for guided partitioning. This stuff is pretty standard for Linux distributions, and makes dual-booting with Windows or another operating system easy. Setup is also very fast. The bad thing is that Ubuntu takes over the MBR all the time, so the last installed 'buntu system will be in control of Grub. This is often desirable, but not always in more complex systems.
4. Apart from proprietory drivers like nvidia-glx, pretty much everything you'll need is set up from the go. Most distros use kernel module probing, (K)Ubuntu included, which makes boot times slower but eliminates the need to install drivers in most cases. Sometimes you'll need to use ndiswrapper for wireless drivers because they're all just so varied, which can be a bit of a faff, but apart from that it's fine. With Ubuntu especially, things tend to "just work".
That said, compiling your own kernel with only the modules for hardware you need built in can be a very good option. It makes the kernel size smaller and speeds up boot times a lot. The disadvantage? You have to configure it which is quite difficult to do, and if you change the hardware on your computer you'll need to compile another one.
5. Open Office vs. MS Office? Open Office any day, since it's cheaper and doesn't feature the new interface that MS Office 2008+ features. Microsoft failed hard with their latest Office offering.
6. GIMP isn't fantastic, but it's pretty good. The software is pretty universal across distributions, you can install any Linux software on any distribution. It's just what comes packaged in, and whether it is useful or bloat. Ubuntu is quite good at only including what you're likely to need, although I question Kubuntu's decision to make Konqueror the default web browser and Dolphin the default file manager - it ought to be Konqueror as the file manager and Firefox as the browser, with Dolphin left out entirely.
7. Remote access is definitely a class where Linux shines. Very very easy indeed. SSH is perfect for most remote tasks, giving access to a shell on that machine wherever you are. Combined with the Screen program it's possible to have two people looking at the same terminal, which is very nice. And there's remote desktop facilities too.
8. Linux can potentially look very nice. It depends on what your graphics card can do, what desktop environment you're using, etc. etc.
9. It's fast and can do many tasks very quickly. However, bootup times for Ubuntu are not very impressive, thanks to two things. Firstly the kernel module feature, and secondly the fact that all boot files are spread out across the hard disk instead of blocked at the beginning like on Windows. NTFS and FAT, although they fragment very easily, are faster when dealing with multiple files because the mechanical parts on the disk don't have to move very far to reach the next file. ext2 and ext3 spread the files out across the disk, which is great for avoiding fragmentation but awful for booting up a machine. However, boot times still rival and in many cases overtake Windows.
10. Perfectly true. Everything's open source, you're not relying on a corporation's word, and you don't have to worry about TC (Trusted Computing, or as most FOSS supporters put it, Treacherous Computing).
you cant say so because there are lots more OS available. i think you should also check them.
But ubuntu is a very good OS. it comes free of cost. they provide free shipping. they are really doing good work...
This is one of the nicer distros I've used. The only real gripe about it is that it contains so much bloat and extra crap along with everything else. Still a nice linux distribution nonetheless, but makes me feel like I'm using windows vista all over again...
I also really like Ubuntu and have been using it for months without switching back, but I think I'll still try some other distros sometime. All linux distros have something great about them, after all. It's LINUX. =)
