Chris Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 "Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others". Ubuntu also means "I am what I am because of who we all are". The Ubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support.The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.These freedoms make Ubuntu fundamentally different from traditional proprietary software: not only are the tools you need available free of charge, you have the right to modify your software until it works the way you want it to.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Ubuntu Linux is easy to download. You can download a CD image and burn it yourself using a CD writer, or order a pressed CD from us. For a limited time we will send CDs to you at no cost, too.I sent of for a CD a few days ago , it is free so give it a whirl.If anyone is interested this is the site to get your free CD's.http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Installed last week, now running fulltime on the desktop. SUPERB distro, highly recommended !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homecomputeraid Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Thanks for the information Powerless!I, for one, definitely plan to check it out soon. :)It sounds like you've tried some other Linux releases. How does Ubuntu compare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Well as it's only one CD that took 1hr 30mins to download I thought I would check it out.I actually seen it redhats sig and the name stood out.Umm as far as i can tell its text install but rather easy to do.It seems to have everything you'll want. Firefox version is out of date 0.9.3 but you can sort that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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