I would like to give a basic idea about ubuntu to my readers. Many ask me why not Windows? I have explained why linux is better than Windows. Now people ask me why ubuntu? Please read on.

Ubuntu Linux is Debian Based. Ubuntu is sponsored by Canonical Ltd, which is owned by Canonical billionare Mark Shuttleworth. Mark Shuttleworth is one of the few people who have gone on a self-funded space tour. He currently lives in London, and holds citizenships of South Africa and UK. He was a developer of Debian, and that is why ubuntu is Debian based.

The word Ubuntu is a movement in Africa. In the examples folder of ubuntu live cd, you will find a video file in which Nelson Mandela describing ubuntu. ubuntu is humanity. Everything is free. Similarly, everything for ubuntu is free.

Ubuntu is better than the free distros as it is updated regularly. It has an ever updating list of repositories, and you will get software for anything you want.

Almost all software are installed with the OS unlike in Windows. Media players find codecs for themselves, and all codecs are free. Almost all drivers of your PC is installed automatically, and you dont have to go around hunting for driver cds, or download links.

Apart from this, the OS is very stable. You can run it continiously for any number of days, and it will not get overloaded like windows. You will not be attacked by virus, and you dont have to defragment your hard drive like you need to do for windows.

Linux installs with all ports closed by default, and therefore getting hacked is out of the question.

Still, if you need to run windows apps, you have various emulators like Wine into which you can install almost any windows software.

There are emerging games for linux which are as good as they are in Windows.

If you think vista’s desktop is cool, ubuntu’s desktop with beryl is cooler.

85% of web servers in the world are Linux based. PCs still work on windows just for its eye candy, and games. Once the ratio of windows users come down, automatically all developers will start making software for linux that are till now windows based.

Windows doesnt support graphics any better than linux. Windows doesnt do anything better than Linux for that matter. Linux rocks like nothing else does.