Linux Community Magazine

1 Easy installation:From the only text installer of the initial editions, to the click&ready installer of these days, linux ubuntu always had a very easy and simple installation. Every action of the installer was explained in a brief, yet clear style that produced it simple for every person to go along with the stages of the installation process regardless of their knowledge with computers.

2 Functionality Several linux distross are built upon the potent Debian linux distro, with its numerous software packages. However, ubuntu linux is far more technologically advanced than other distros as it very quickly adopts newer innovations. It has a very interesting GUI. The computer's desktop is eye-catching. ubuntu linux is also quite simple to use mainly because of its awry similarity to Microsoft windows 7. ubuntu linux is suitable of performing a lot of the same things that Windows 7 is able to do. These functions can include word processing, spreadsheet, calculating, video editing, and many more.

3 Reliability Reliability is a very large worry for the large majority of Linux systems. Due to the fact of the freedom that Linux system offers to its customers, Linux system is not the most stable operating-system. End users may simply modify the source code on a linux OS and that could induce irreversible harm to the operating-system and that could trigger a loss of information. linux ubuntu, nonetheless, is a very stable operating system in comparison to others distributions or windows systems simply because it supplies a safe system recovery procedure. If the user by accident leads to harm to his or her computer, they can easily reverse the previous operation and retrieve their information

4 Neutrality ubuntu is a non-profit organization. Canonical does deliver commercial services, but they do not spent the 10 million that Mark put into the linux ubuntu organization. Features that have a strong commercial advantage for Canonical are kept split and are not included in the main distros. What they include to ubuntu is normally open source and the competition are free and encouraged to pick it up. (and usually they do)

5 Users marketingubuntu is based mostly heavily on the marketing it receives from it's users. Almost every person that uses linux ubuntu nowadays has beed suggested to try it out by someone else who had tried it prior to them and etc. This, mixed with the strong influence of linux ubuntu to the world wide web community forums related to ubuntu, has driven to a huge improve in it's adoption .

6 ubuntu discussion boardsThe linux ubuntu community was, and still is one of the most important aspects that improve the growth of ubuntu. The discussion boards are very energetic and old users are very helpful and patient towards novices. Possibly it has to do with the actual philosophy of "ubuntu".

7 SynapticIf you consult to a first-time ubuntu user to tell you what fascinated them, most probabilities are that the response will be "synaptic". Indeed, this application moved APT much closer to the regular user and made software installing in A linux systemunix a lot easier. Users did not have to lookup for DEBs or be afraid that they may needed to deal with dependancies, compile from source etc, synaptic solved every thing using a very simple user interface.

There are without a doubt several different good reasons why linux ubuntu managed to achieve to the top, and stay there.