• Award-winning Linux operating system with complete set of open source applications for desktops, laptops, and servers
• Office productivity suite, Web browser, and email for your everyday needs
• Instant messaging, image editing, and various tools for accessing and managing your multimedia files
• Free security updates delivered via the Internet for 18 months on the desktop and server
• Comprehensive DVD with desktop and server installation, alternate installation (e.g., OEM install), plus all of the supported add-on software and translations for dozens of languages

Customer Rating:
Summary: Ubuntu Linux 8.10
Comment: Wonderful Linux distro! So easy to install and use, everything just works beautifully and all the software is free! This Linux is way more user friendly than Windows. It runs really fast on my old IBM Thinkpad notebook. The software came nicely packaged and arrived sooner than promised. Nice job, guys!
Paul in Southern California

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Customer Rating:
Summary: easy (or not)
Comment: I bought this product (or so I thought) from the "new & used" page. What I got was not the boxed set from Canonical. I don't know if that was a fault of Amazon or the merchant. It turns out that I wanted a non-standard installation (dual-boot on a second hard drive), and I could REALLY have used the limited support mentioned by another reviewer. Ubuntu is easy to use for a novice and powerful for a software engineer. I am neither.

To conclude on a positive note, I got it working and it is a very impressive-looking system. I just hope I have the rough patch behind me.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Best Linux Operating System Ever
Comment: Ok just so you guys know I've tried several Linux distros before including fedora, puppy linux, debian, knoppix and others. So far this is the best. it is the most user friendly, when you need a plugin it tells you and installs it for you. if you try any linux distro try this one. but one of the great things about it is that if you have acess to broadband you don't even have to pay for it you can download it for free from their web site (although if you pay for the box set you do get some tech support). but if you do need help along the way you can also get free help on thier web fourms or mailing lists.

if you've used windows before it's easy enough to learn but remember it's not windows. linux has it's strengths and weaknesses. example of strength: linux doesn't get viruses. example of weakness: it only runs some windows programs (although there are usually free alternatives)

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