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Old 05-27-2008, 12:44 PM   #1
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Been scared of Linux? Give Ubuntu 8.04 a try!

I have been a big Linux fan for some time now, and recently I started using Ubuntu because it was just so easy and required no thinking for the most part.

If you don't know what Ubuntu is, here is the quick and dirty description. It is a free linux based operating system which is just as powerful as Windows/OSX but totally free. It comes with a photoshop equivalent, an office package, and a ton of other free software already installed.

You can even try it without installing it. Simply download the install file/cd (700mb ISO) and burn it to a disc. Reset your computer with the disc in, and click boot from live CD. This is very handy for working on Windows PCs that have decided not to boot anymore. You can burn all of the files to a DVD or transfer them, and reformat and not lose anything.

It is completely customizable and can be made to look however you want it to. I currently am running a very clean theme that is so easy to use.

It will also make almost any computer usable again if Windows has decided that the computer is too slow. By that I mean, if you are sick of waiting 10 minutes to boot up, and then another 3 minutes to open Firefox just to get on the web...Try Ubuntu 8.04, it will drastically increase the speed of your computer, and you will never look back.

The software is easy to use, and you do not need to know any code at all to use it. Here is a quick screen shot of mine to show how nice it looks, and a quick video showing the power of some software on it such as Compiz which will make a pompous mac prick ashamed that they paid so much for their "cool, Mac-only" features.

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3D Desktop (have 2+ separate desktops...useful for web development)

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