What makes Ubuntu so great?

[Allan Valeriano]

>
> I think the ubuntu community is one of the biggest reasons for its
> success.  Just look at the volume of mails going around on this list alone.
> With an extensive community comes extensive support for users and
> developers, whether they're total n00bs or have many years of experience.
> The fact that it's so easy to get questions answered draws people in and
> helps to keep them in (at least speaking for myself).
>

I completely agree with you. The ubuntu's community is great. People
interact a lot here, and they are always trying to help each other.

Another thing is the massive volume of software and packages available for
> ubuntu - it makes it easy to switch to ubuntu, since there's usually a
> replacement or equivalent for anything users switching from other OS's might
> want
>

That's true too. When I thought about getting rid of windows, I spoke with a
friend of mine who works with linux, and he said: "Try ubuntu. Everything
will be much easier there because lots of people are moving to it, many
softwares are getting easier to configure there than in other distros"

I myself have used Windows at home up until a month or two ago, when I
> decided to wipe out Windows and replace it with Ubuntu Feisty.  I have been
> very happy with ubuntu's performance so far, and I'm not really missing
> Windows at all.
>

I have been using windows since I started using computers (I'm not
considering the DOS age, cuz I was to young). I got my first contact with
linux at college, and that's when I decided to create a dual boot on my
laptop with fedora core 6. I had many problems configuring the notebook
monitor, and still haven't fixed it. About 1 month ago, I made an upgrade on
my desktop and installed Vista. Guess what, in less than 1 hour using it, my
computer completely froze. That's when I decided to try ubuntu, and I must
say, it's really easy to deal with it. Sometimes I get stuck with 1 or 2
configurations, but that's when the community helps a lot.

Allan
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