Impressions of Ubuntu 10.x

Hi all,
I would like to share my user experience with Ubuntu 10.x. Some 
background: I'm an IT person, with extensive experience with Windows, 
Red Hat and Mac platforms. In fact, I have been using a Mac for about 10 
years now. To me, nothing quite beats Mac OSX in terms of GUI 
design/implementation and also the hardware is excellent.

I'm a teacher and my workplace uses Windows XP as the standard operating 
environment. So I use a Windows XP notebook at work. However, after 
Ubuntu 10.x came out, I installed it on my work notebook and also my 
personal netbook.

So far, it's been outstanding. The User Interface has been really great, 
and most hardware just works (although proprietary drivers for the WLAN 
were needed to be set up). In fact, it's so good that I've stopped using 
Windows XP (I still use it for intranet applications that support only 
Windows).

And OpenOffice has really improved too. It's far better than MS Office.

I noted that Ubuntu borrowed a lot from Mac OSX in terms of menus and 
configurations. Not a bad thing - it is really great to use.

To sum up, I feel that Ubuntu is a worthy competitor to Windows on the 
desktop space. I introduced Ubuntu to some of my students and 2 of them 
have started using it full-time in lieu of Windows 7. They simply love 
the speed, simplicity and functionality of Ubuntu.

If you have PC hardware, Ubuntu is definitely recommended!

Mark.

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