lol it has its uses on servers, thats it for me.lol

I think one of the reasons people use linux is to stick two fingers up tp the big corporations like microsoft and apple
supporting developers of free software isn't such a bad thing

yesi know but supporting free software si good if it works with your computer and software.lol

linux kinda fassl here so its liek cutting ur nose off to spite ur face.lol

i agree that i'm not sure if most of my hardware is supported at all

nor is msot fo the graphic tools i use and other software i use alot.

and as far as i know my 64 bit processor isnt supported

i certainly won't be able to delete my copy of Windows 2000 anytime soon though it's interesting playing with and learning linux

well managed to get my camera and printer working

I've given up it's driving me nuts

Hi there,

Ubuntu is free to download and even better will ship CD's to you free of charge, tho you may wait several weeks to receive them.

Ubuntu uses the GNOME desktop, however there are other versions of ubuntu that use other desktops, Kubuntu uses KDE, Xubuntu uses xfce etc.

The idea behind ubuntu is to provide an OS with 1 good application for every (well most) need.

The latest release (Dapper Drake) has recently been released and has a guaranteed 3 years support on a desktop PC and 5 for the server version.

Ubuntu is based on Debian linux, but aims to offer up to date packages (applications). Debian is well known for being secure and robust but to achieve this doesn't always use the most up to date versions of packages.

An advantage of a distribution based on Debian is it's package management tool apt-get which resolves dependencies automatically.

There is loads of info on the web about Ubuntu, particularly good is www.ubuntuforums.org

all (well most) the answers you need are located here.

Ubuntu does offer a 64 bit version, but of course a 32 bit version will also run on any AMD 64 bit processor

Hope all this stuff helps, any questions just ask.

Lolo's OH

It is supported ceiron

The current Ubuntu release supports PC (Intel x86), 64-bit PC (AMD64), UltraSPARC T1 (Sun Fire(TM) T1000 and T2000) and PowerPC (Apple iBook and Powerbook, G4 and G5) architectures.

(Taken from the Ubuntu home page)