At first, I thought to myself. What the fuck is so fucking famous with Ubuntu anyway? My impression is that Fedora Core 5 is way much more better. Or FC4? No idea since it’s been more than 12 months I am away from the Open Source community. In fact, losing touch of it.
Serious, using too much of MS XP makes u noob. Don’t blame him, just it’s way too user friendly that sometimes, you’ll takes thing for granted. Even if someone is even wayyyy too noob to use MS.
Here’s some findings from Wiki
Ubuntu, pronounced /ùbúntú/ (oo-BOON-too), is a predominantly desktop-oriented Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It is sponsored by Canonical Ltd (owned by Mark Shuttleworth), and the name of the distribution comes from the South African concept of ubuntu—roughly, “humanity towards others”. It is released roughly every six months, more frequently than Debian. Each release comes shortly after new GNOME[1] It also has a stronger focus on usability than Debian. editions.
Ubuntu version 6.06 LTS, codenamed “Dapper Drake”, was released on June 1, 2006, and will be supported for 3 years on the desktop and 5 years on the server,[2] instead of the usual 18 months.[1] Ubuntu aims to use only free software to provide an up-to-date yet stable operating system for the average user. Ubuntu has a lively user and support community.[3][4]
Kubuntu and Xubuntu are official subprojects of the Ubuntu project to bring the KDE and Xfce desktop environments to the Ubuntu core, respectively. Edubuntu is an official subproject “designed for school environments, and should be equally suitable for kids to use at home.”
I did asked one of my friend, Druid what’s so good about Ubuntu anyway. He straight away told me, it’s apt-get. I was like. “uhm” , “ahm”, “ehm” and finally remembered that Xlanz did teach me what’s the use of apt-get. Some sort of automatic update from MS except that you can specify which application you required and it automatically download the right version for your system. As simple as that. And the update are very frequent too.
What yes and good about Ubuntu is that they come along with some common software.
Included software
The following list covers some of the software components included as part of version 6.06 of the Ubuntu Desktop. Much of it (such as GIMP, OpenOffice.orgFirefox) is considered standard software for the free desktop ( and see Examples of Free Software).
- GNOME desktop environment and accessories
- GIMP image editor
- Firefox web browser
- Gaim instant messenger
- Evolution email and personal information manager (PIM)
- OpenOffice.org office suite
- Synaptic software package manager
- Totem movie player
- Rhythmbox music player
Most other free software can be obtained from the package repositories through Synaptic or the simplified Add/Remove Programs utility.
They bundled Firefox. Must try this OS one day. When I able to get a new pc. Any sponsors?
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