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	• Ubuntu 8.04 DVD Linux \| Canonical, 2008 average customer review:based on 24 reviews view larger image
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Ubuntu Rocks !!

This operating system works well. I am satisfied with it. The user interface is a lot like windows and is easy to use. 2 issues, Ubuntu does not work with winmodems so if you are on dialup you will need a hardware modem. And although it works well on older equipment you may need to update your motherboard BIOS. ( free and easy to do ) I found it quicker to install than win98 or XP pro and faster operating on a HP p4 from about 2001. A dell p3 500 from around 1998 required a BIOS update to install. No other problems so far. It has no problems with and does not require a driver for the 3 LAN cards I have tried so far. And I did not have to send microsoft another 100 plus dollars.

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Top contender in the personal computing market

For years I have wished to replace Microsoft on my home PC with Linux. It seems every new version of Microsoft software required more and more memory and greater CPU horsepower. I had used Linux at work and knew it was generally faster. The problem was always a bad experience in the past where I attempted to install Red Hat Linux on my home machine and had problems setting up my computer to be useful again. In the end, I gave up on Linux and went crawling back to Microsoft again. I did go ahead and replace MS Office® with OpenOffice.org and was very pleased with that product. This is not a reflection on Red Hat at all, I know many have had success with it and I am glad. And, I am sure it has improved since those many years ago. But, the initial problems made me afraid to try again.

Finally, I kept hearing about Ubuntu of late and decided it might be time to try and swim in the deep end again. I downloaded the CD image and requested this CD through amazon just in case I ran into problems with the download or CD imaging. The imaging had no issues so I went ahead and gave it a try. At first I had hoped to try a dual partition rather than jumping in with both feet but the partitioning process had errors and it only gave permission to continue with Ubuntu as a full partition or not at all. I did not want to make that leap so I tried booting from the CD just to see how my PC would do with Ubuntu. After trying all my usual tasks in Ubuntu (surfing the net, working on some OpenOffice documents, etc) I was very pleased and decided to go ahead with the full partitioning after backing up some important data files. I would have preferred the dual-boot option at least for a time but Ubuntu is easy enough to learn and OpenOffice can convert MS documents so well that I realized there really was no need for a dual-boot configuration.

After the automated installation, which was as easy or easier than any Windows® install I have done in the past, I plunged right into personalizing the preferences. I had some difficulty in that the automatic install did not recognize my display monitor or video card and so it was stuck in low-resolution; but after a quick glance at the online support forums I found a lot of help figuring this issue out and had that resolved. All this took several hours altogether but probably did not amount to much more time than a Windows install would have taken in reality. I was not locked to my desk for much of that time and only came back to check progress from time to time. The time spent looking for answers in the forums was the main delay but the wait for answers was brief. The Ubuntu community is very active and very helpful.

Several days have passed using Ubuntu and I am very pleased I switched. I was able also to set up accounts for all the kids so each can have their own environment to work in. I also set up a guest account for when the kids have friends over who want to use the computer. OpenOffice and Firefox are essentially the same between Ubuntu and Microsoft versions so the learning curve is very shallow. The ease of use and installation are much better than Linux versions of the past making Ubuntu a solid contender for the PC market. The minor glitches I encountered are a very small price to pay for free software that performs better than the costly memory-hogging alternative.

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