April 2010
Beginner
464 pages
12h 7m
English
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Preface
Ubuntu is far and away the most popular version (or distribution) of the Linux operating system. Dreamed up by a dot-com billionaire and ex-cosmonaut, and based on years of work by thousands of dedicated programmers, Ubuntu is a serious contender in both the desktop and the web server worlds.
It is based on the philosophy that software should be free, both economically and legally, in that you should be able to install it at no cost, and should also be allowed to modify and/or distribute it without paying any fees or royalties, which is achieved by releasing Ubuntu under a special license that protects these rights.
This means you may install Ubuntu on any computer on which it will run, and can upgrade to the latest version as often as you like, without worrying about licenses, product activation, or special keys you have to enter. You can give it to your friends and family too.
Ubuntu is also very easy to install, automatically recognizing and setting up the best drivers for the devices you use. And, with other operating systems taking anything from one hour to half a day to install, Ubuntu really shines with an average installation time of under an hour.
For over a decade, Linux has provided the computing power behind millions of web servers, so it’s no surprise with the amount of work that has been put into developing graphical frontends, desktop installations of Linux now exceed 1% of the total (a figure that is rapidly growing), with Ubuntu taking the lion’s share of that ...
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