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What is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is great for laptops, desktops as well as servers. Whether you make use of it at house, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever require, from word processing along with email applications, to web server application as well as programming tools.

Ubuntu is and always will be without charge. You do not give any licensing fees. You can download, make use of as well as share Ubuntu with your friends, relations, school or else business for totally nil.

We matter a new desktop with server release every six months. That means you'll always have the most recent along with most applications that the open source world has to present.

Ubuntu is intended with protection in mind. You get free of charge security updates for at least 18 months on the desktop as well as server. With the Long Term Support (LTS) edition you get three years support on the desktop, along with five years on the server. There is no additional fee for the LTS edition; we make our very best work obtainable to each one on the same free conditions. Upgrades to latest versions of Ubuntu are and always will be free of charge.
Everything you require comes on one CD, providing a whole working atmosphere. Extra applications are also obtainable on online.

The graphical installer allows you to get up as well as running rapidly as well as with no trouble. A normal installation should take less than 25 minutes. Once installed your system is directly ready-to-use. On the desktop you have a complete set of output, internet, and illustration along with graphics applications, as well as games.



On the server you get immediately what you require to get up as well as running with nothing you don't.

What does Ubuntu mean?

Ubuntu is an African word denotation 'Humanity to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. The Ubuntu allotment brings the courage of Ubuntu to the application world.

The Ubuntu promise

• Ubuntu will always be complimentary, including enterprise releases along with security updates.

• Ubuntu comes with complete profitable support from Canonical along with hundreds of companies around the world.

• Ubuntu contains the very best conversion as well as convenience infrastructure that the free software community has to recommend.

• Ubuntu CDs contain only free software; we support you to use free as well as open source application, recover it as well as pass it on.

Ubuntu Desktop Edition

With Ubuntu Desktop Edition you be able to surf the web, interpret electronic mail, and make documents as well as spreadsheets, also edit images as well as much more. Ubuntu has a fast and easy graphical installer right on the Desktop CD. On a usual PC the installation must take you not as much 25 minutes.

Desktop tour

The best way to observe Ubuntu is to take the tour.

Desktop simplicity

When you set up your system for the first time you'll see a desktop that is clean as well as neat, no desktop icons, along with a default theme that is simple on the eye.

Ubuntu 'Just works'

We've done the entire difficult task for you. Once Ubuntu is installed, all the essentials are in position so that your system will be directly working.

A complete office productivity suite

OpenOffice contains a user interface along with feature situate that is similar to other office suites; also consist of all the key desktop software’s you require, for example:

Word processor - for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book.

Spreadsheet - a tool to calculate, analyses, and present your data in numerical reports or charts.

Presentation - an easy as well as influential tool for creating useful multimedia appearance.

Edit and share files in other formats

Easily open, edit as well as share files with your associates that have Microsoft Office, Word Perfect, KOffice or else StarOffice.

Quick and easy updates



The task bar control an update area where we'll inform you when there are updates obtainable for your system, from trouble-free security fixes to a whole version upgrade. The update facility allows you to keep your computer up-to-date with just a few clicks of your mouse.

A vast library of free software

Need more programs? Just choose from thousands of software packages in the Ubuntu catalogue, all obtainable to download plus install at the click of a button. And it's all absolutely free!

Help and support



You'll be capable to get help by means of the desktop browser or online. If you have a query about using Ubuntu, you can bet someone else has previously asked it. Our community has urbanized a choice of documentation that might have the answer to your question, or give you ideas about where to look.
This is also where you'll get access to free support from the Ubuntu community in the gossip as well as mailing lists in several languages. Otherwise, you can buy professional support from the Canonical Global Support Services Team, or local source.

Ubuntu in your local language

Ubuntu seek to be working by as numerous people as feasible, which is why we consist of the very best localization with accessibility infrastructure that the free software community has to recommend.



You can download Ubuntu, or demand a free CD from Canonical.

System requirements

Ubuntu is obtainable for computer, 64-Bit computer with Intel-based Mac architectures. At least 256 MB of RAM is required to sprint the alternating install CD (384MB of RAM is necessary to make use of the live CD based installer). Install requires at least 4 GB of disk space.