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Ubuntu is an free and open source linux distribution. It can be installed by using their free ship-it service or by downloading. Ubuntu has many features and in some ways is better than windows. It has nice graphical effects using compiz, supports multiple desktop, and has a good design. It’s also very light weight so very good for computers with low-end hardware. Despite these pros, Ubuntu takes forever to set up compared to windows. It took me a few hours just to get the multi-lingual input method working.

Windows is what you’re probably using now. It’s the world’s most renown operating system. Most people now are still using Windows XP but alot of people have already upgraded to Windows Vista. Everyone knows about it, so I’ll just pass here.

When you compare Ubuntu and Windows, Ubuntu is probably better. However, the most major problem is: Ubuntu doesn’t have much software! First of all, for those who have iPods, Ubuntu is nearly hell–especially if you have the new iPod Nano, Classic, or Touch. There are iPod management application for Ubuntu, but they’re not as good as iTunes for actually managing your iPod. It’s difficult to set up your libraries and play lists, videos don’t work most of the time, and Pod Casts aren’t sorted as Pod Casts. OK, if you have the skills, sure, you might get this to work. But it’s really time consuming and you need to know alot about computers before you can.

Another con about Ubuntu is it doesn’t suspend or hibernate properly on certain laptops. There are fixes for this but even those stop working sometimes.

Although Ubuntu might be a bit hard to set up and doesn’t have so much compatability, it’s generally a very good OS. It’s just that not many people use it as much as Windows XP and so there’s not much software for it.

When you use Ubuntu, you’ll feel like your flying–no blue screens of death, no unexpected freezes (ok, some), and generally it gives you a really smooth workspace.

If you want to use Ubuntu, but need to use Windows for certain tasks, you can try dual booting. Before you try this, search for partitioning and see if your motherboard/BIOS supports it.

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