Gutsy Gibbon FTW
Here at the BigBlueHat central industrial headquarters, we make use of the operating system of champions, Ubuntu. The next release hits this month, and if you haven’t yet tried Ubuntu as a supplement/replacement for Windoze, now is the time.
I won’t list all the advantages of this Linux distribution here—you can check out their site for the goods—but I’ll mention a few favorite features:
- ease of installing software and keeping them all up to date
- very quick boot-up time
- development tools aplenty
- free (open source) programs that do all the common tasks (internet, document editing, image editing, media playback, etc.)
- snazzy effects without being a memory hog
Take the plunge, won’t you?