Ubuntu is incredibly popular because it takes one of the most widely used and respected Linux distros and improves on it with easy installation, non-buggy but up to date packages, a robust but sane default set of software, and the best community on the internet. No, it isn't perfect. But it's a solid and stable foundation that is easy to install, maintain, and upgrade. Doesn't sound like much, unless you've tried any of the other desktop Linuxes floating around. Most of them have fancy multimedia support and more UI tools, and fall apart after a few months... especially after a large upgrade.
That really is a great reference. With the ever increasing speed of processors these days, it would be useful to have a good reference unit, like horsepower. My desktop has 1 cellphonepower, but you can overclock an 805D to 2 cellphonepower!
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Ubuntu is incredibly popular because it takes one of the most widely used and respected Linux distros and improves on it with easy installation, non-buggy but up to date packages, a robust but sane default set of software, and the best community on the internet. No, it isn't perfect. But it's a solid and stable foundation that is easy to install, maintain, and upgrade. Doesn't sound like much, unless you've tried any of the other desktop Linuxes floating around. Most of them have fancy multimedia support and more UI tools, and fall apart after a few months... especially after a large upgrade.
That really is a great reference. With the ever increasing speed of processors these days, it would be useful to have a good reference unit, like horsepower. My desktop has 1 cellphonepower, but you can overclock an 805D to 2 cellphonepower!