Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Ubuntu (pronounced oo-boon-too) Linux is a free, open-source alternative operating system (OS) to Microsoft Windows. Free means free as in "free beer" (no cost) and "free speech" (can be modified by anyone who can program). The software can be downloaded from the Ubuntu website free of charge or ordered from them for free (CD & P&P included) 8.04 is a Long Term Support release, which means that is gets updates through to April 2011. The first digit (ie 8) is the year of the release, and the second two digits are the month of release. I have installed this operating system on my desktop PC and also my ...  Read the complete review

Introduction I would like to give a brief introduction of Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a African word meaning "humanity to others". Ubuntu is a free operating system which comes for laptops,desktops and servers. Well to all who are using Windows , i would like to make a small comparison between Windows and Linux(Ubuntu) so please dont feel as if iam criticizing Windows Small Comparison 1. As you would have noticed there is a huge price for Windows but Ubuntu is free Operating System. 2. If you order Ubuntu, Ubuntu will be delivered to your house, free of cost not even including the postal charges. For more details please ...  Read the complete review

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution like Debian, Knoppix, SuSe or Red Hat. Ubuntu is an operating system like windows or MacOS and on top of that it is free! That's because the Ubuntu community is based on the ideas of the Ubuntu manifesto: Software must be free, in the own local language. Ubuntu can be installed with a huge range of languages: from African to even Zulu. The users even have the right to adjust the software to their needs. Isn't that cool? It's awesome, that's the spirit of open source programs! A lot of people might say: 'Oh, it's free, so it must be crap'. No it isn't. In my opinion it's 10 times better than those Microsoft operating ...  Read the complete review

I have recently installed Ubuntu 8.04 on my old laptop, which only has 128mb. Installing was extremely easy and took around 50 minutes. It also operates approx. 3 times faster than Windows. It recognised all my hardware and installed the drivers without any problem, even my wireless network card. The main display is very simple. On the top bar, the drop down menus are Applications, Places, System. There are also 3 icons for Firefox (Internet Browser), Evolution Mail and Help. It is very easy to add new applications to the bar. Under the Application Menu, you have the following options; Accessories (Which includes a ...  Read the complete review

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS(Long Term Support) is a Great Open-Source Operating System which has been nowadays a rival of the most loved Windows. This release of Linux has got all it takes to stand in competition with Windows. It is provided free-of-charge to the users for their different and even commercial uses. Ubuntu starts faster than Windows, is very stable and supports a wide variety of free softwares for various uses. Nero has even developed a Linux Version of their burning software for use with Ubuntu. Web Browsers such as Mozilla Firefox and Opera can be used with Ubuntu, and it provides a safer web experience than Windows. Ubuntu also features the Flip-3D features, in ...  Read the complete review