Tech Review - Ubuntu

Ubuntu, in the words of its creators is "the worlds favourite free PC desktop Operating System". I first started seeing the word Ubuntu when I started looking at Oracle Virtualbox (previously reviewed on this blog). Anyway, curiosity got the better of me so I headed over to http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu to learn what I could about what turns out to be a very impressive Operating System.

I quickly got the idea of what Ubuntu was all about and decided I wanted to test it for myself. Oracle VirtualBox seemed the perfect way to quickly get an Ubuntu installation going and it wasn't long until I was setup.

I have to say I am very very impressed. Ubuntu is completely free, has built in security, free updates for life, an App Store, a music store, and some native apps including Firefox for web browsing and Thunderbird Client for Email.

The App Store is easy to use, and they also have Apps for iOS and Android which includes a personal cloud feature called Ubuntu One. In addition to this, they have Apps that do that same as Word/Excel/Powerpoint (albeit scaled down) but once again completely free.

And that's about it really. I can't say much more about Ubuntu - except that I really recommend you check it out if you are looking for a good free alternative to running Windows OS. Ubuntu is quick, stable, nicely designed and I think it will only get better and better. I take my hat off to the people behind it!

And that's Ubuntu!
Peter