If You Want Freedom For Your Computer You Might Need To Change Your Operating System

I got to thinking today about my new blog which has lead me to some other interesting thoughts. I went for a walk tonight and might go out for another one in the snow… It’s so beautiful. Good place and time to think… Very peaceful and just nice.

About my thoughts. My new blog is going to come with some surprises for sure. I’m sure everyone will like them and I want to say what they are but I’m going to let it speak for itself. With what my new blog is going to come with I was looking around here and there for some software to help out with this. I was at Staples the other night looking for some good cheap software. Well, I think I’ll stick with whatever Ubuntu has to offer me.

I like that idea myself. Just saying that I can actually use Ubuntu’s software instead of having to go out and pay for the software and if something doesn’t work I can just uninstall it and find something different. No money wasted. I love that. Anyway, we’ll see what I find.

But see, this lead me to another thought. Not that it entirely really matters but I was just wondering who all out there has either heard of Ubuntu, knows anything about Ubuntu, or even uses Ubuntu on a regular basis. I’m curious because I have used this spectacular operating system now for just about an entire year. It has served me well and I will continue to use it in the future to come I am sure.

Here are the main reasons I like Ubuntu and Linux: (Read down to number seven. It’s worth it.)

1. This is a BIG one: It’s Free. Free as in it doesn’t have to cost you money and it’s also a freedom of choice.
2. It’s easy to use. It just works. And if there’s something not working for any reason, with a little thought and a little time, you can pretty much find an answer to your problem without paying a huge bundle of money.
3. It’s free. Okay I just said that for number one. What I mean here is it’s free of viruses and spyware and other things that just take up a bunch of your money to get taken care of and waste a bunch of your time. Should computers (as good as they are nowadays) really have to deal with spyware, ad-ware, viruses, firewalls, etc, etc, etc… And more? Seriously?
   Well, mine doesn’t and it’s too bad a lot of people would rather stick with what they know and have to deal with all that stuff than try something new and see what just might happen for them. It’s a choice at this point.
4. You have complete control of your computer. There’s nothing more I can really add to this. It is what it says. If you want something to happen, well, make it happen. Don’t know how, ask. Figure it out. Most people just don’t care and that’s fine. That’s why most people also still use other operating systems and hope it works.
5. It’s FAST! I mean FAST! I’m not talking about after a while it gets cleaned up and defragged (seriously, computers still do this too?!) and everything runs well and much faster. I mean it’s just FAST. The year after you have used your computer from the first day you installed the operating system is no different. It may slow down just a bit here or there but other than that it’s just… Well, you know, FAST.
6. Call it stable, secure, reliable, whatever you want. It just is. All of those. If you’re using a program to do something and that program decides not to respond, your computer doesn’t crash, just the program can be forced to quit or be “killed” and the rest of your computer just stays in working order just as it was.

   I could go on and on with different reasons but I will stop at seven. Seems like a good number and plus, people don’t much like to read long stuff because they get bored.

   Thank you for reading this far if you have. That shows you’re interested in learning at least a bit about this at all. That’s good. Okay. Here it is:

7. It’s cool. Yeah, it’s bundled with AWESOME features and pretty much anything you can imagine. Check out the screen shot of my personal desktop below and you can see some of the cool things you can do with this operating system.

Well, that’s my list. Results are everything and when you use Ubuntu you get results.

Check out the operating system for yourself at www.ubuntu.com. Get community support almost anywhere including the forums and you can also pay for commercial support if you like.

How do you feel about Ubuntu? Do you use it or have you ever heard of it? Share your thoughts and opinions below.

Thanks.

Ubuntu Desktop 3D

Ubuntu Fire Effect

My Desktop #2 Winter Background

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