Baby boomers – Ubuntu operating system is FREE and friendly

Ubuntu log-in

Ubuntu is a slick operating system you might want to look in to. It’s more user-friendly than Windows. It’s every bit as robust – meaning Ubuntu can do everything you need to do on your PC. It’s quick, less buggy than windows tends to be, and probably more secure. The best attribute of Ubuntu is it’s FREE and always will be. Ubuntu is open source software.

If you use Firefox, then you use open source software. That means the program is developed by members of a world-wide team of expert, experience developers whose goal is to make computing accessible. Ubuntu is a spin-off of the Linux operating system, but don’t be intimidated. It has a graphic user interface – that means it’s “what you see is what you get.” Just like Windows. It’s point and click. No learning curve. It looks very familiar and behaves nicely.

How to get Ubuntu

The package downloads pretty quickly from Ubuntu’s site, where you can take a tour and see what this free operating system looks like and how it behaves. The package includes a web-browser (a great one!) an office suite, media apps, instant messaging and a bunch of other useful stuff that’s compatible with most other systems.

Ubuntu is easy

Anything you do with Ubuntu can be shared with other PC users, even if they’re still spending big buck supporting Microsoft. If keeping up-to-date with office and operating software is getting expensive, complicated, and annoying, take a test drive.  Download Ubuntu, install it easily, open it and start working. FREE.

Ubuntu will always be free, just like other open source software. The products get better as time goes by and are never difficult to work with. Support is available and customer-friendly. The group is interested in your input – that’s part of how they make improvements. If you really want to get into it, you can become a developer or help develop the art work and interfaces. This is a project tailor-made for baby boomers – the generation with solid experience and a great work ethic.

Becoming an Ubuntu fan

Over the next few weeks, Ubuntu gets a new version, 9.04, the 10th release of the Ubuntu operating system. It’s nickname is Jaunty Jackalope. Ubuntu 9.04 features improvements to their GNOME desktop environment including Evolution, Control Center, Media, and GNOME Power Manager –all aspects that make computing friendlier. All typical consumer “wants”. In addition, wireless, webcams, and other up-to-date compatibility and support debut with this version.

Users get FREE

• OpenOffice.org
• GIMP image editing
• Mozilla Firefox
• Thunderbird

and the list goes on.

We recently bought a netbook, the handy small laptop so popular in the last year or so. We removed

Ubuntu has a familiar feel

Win7 op sys and replaced it with Ubuntu. Dan was right at home with it, being the uber-geek, and I loved it at first use. It took me about five minutes to get comfortable in the driver’s seat, then I was off and running. Truly, if it weren’t for the fact that we need to keep up on all operating systems in our business, I would be ready to dump Windows and put this baby on all our computers. FREE is such a budget-friendly price – especially when quality is right there.

More free stuff:

Video production service

Chrome browser

Free TV