15 reasons to choose Ubuntu  (Translated from google translate)

The reason for this update is to show those who are browsing and searching for info on Ubuntu, which should not be afraid, that everything can be in linux and that this distro has become the most popular for something in particular.

are just 15 reasons to name the most important, You should take a minute and read them, some have chosen to install and then check it, here we offer the opportunity to know their benefits first and then install it.

1. The facility is half painful. Dura half, you have to restart only once (with Vista at least four times), is fully graphical and you can work with your system (playing, browsing) while installing in the background.

2. The installation CD will serve for more than just coasters. OK, you may need the Vista more times, but it will mean to reinstall the system many times. The Ubuntu Dapper, as it is also a LiveCD, you will retrieve data in case of failure, or Ubuntu you can enjoy on any computer without installing.

3. Ubuntu Dapper supports more hardware than Windows Vista. Today this is true (I've been in first person), but it is also true that this is a Beta. For example, install something as simple as an Audigy in Vista is almost impossible, while Ubuntu is automatic. Possibly all (or most) of your computer work better in Ubuntu than in Vista, but to confirm this is to wait for a final version.

4. Ubuntu rapidly improving hardware support. Ubuntu offers better performance for newer technologies. An example is 64-bit processors, for which Wndows, to years of the launch of AMD64, has not yet taken out a reliable solution. It is also worth noting that the general Linux philosophy is to keep adding and improving support, while Vista seems to be removing it (something that worked in XP now can not work in Vista).

5. Installing programs is easier. Although much depends on what you want to install, Ubuntu offers more facilities, and above all, better monitoring of the facilities. Easier to more difficult and less available to more programs in Ubuntu you can install applications in four ways (roughly):

- Using the Add / Remove Applications menu .... Hundreds of programs are available in this way, no doubt easier for the uninitiated.
- Using Synaptic (System-> Administration-> Synaptic Package Manager), thousands of applications are available, two clicks (Mark and Apply), although its interface can be a little less friendly than the last. These programs are also available for installation from the console, with only four words (even to the uninitiated find it more complicated, it's much faster).
- By packages. Deb provided by application developers. Hundreds of thousands of programs are available in this way, usually hung on the pages of the developers and is now installed with gdebi graphically. Also, editing a text file, add repositories, to keep these programs under the package system.
- Compiling the source. Almost all applications for Linux can be installed in this way. It is the most complicated, but after compiling four times and will have no mystery. Anyway, it's rare that you have to compile something in Ubuntu, unless they are very very green applications.

6. The upgrade system is light years away. It is minimally invasive, rarely have to restart (not automatically) and also monitors both the core OS and the software to install. Keep abreast of updates from your favorite shows, and your place of work, being organized by a packaging system will be more stable and reliable. This packaging system in principle is controlled by the repository maintainers (people who know much about it), but if you need a very new version (or unstable) of a program, you can add it using gdebi and additional deb package.

7. You do not need Antivirus. Neither nor Firewall Spyware detectors. Of course you can install, but are not necessary at all, so you can get rid of these nuisance programs (bother me more than the virus) that occupy much memory and slow down your machine. Nearly 115% of viruses that abound in the network unique to Windows, and for Ubuntu there are conceptual, not at all widespread.

8. No need to update your computer. Ubuntu is designed for your current computer, Vista is designed for your next computer (or following the next). With Ubuntu your system will need fewer resources, so it will seem that everything goes faster (actually goes faster).

9. Ubuntu and bringing almost all the features of Vista. Or at least, can have on the first day of work. To search integrated with Beagle and Deskbar applet (both in the repositories) is more than enough. Compiz / XGL, which Ubuntu is installed more easily than in any other distribution, is higher than Vista's Aero system, both in performance and functionality. Simply Wobbly effect deserves a mention, and the virtual desktops is a very advantageous feature it'll take some time to appreciate.

10. Ubuntu is more powerful than Vista. The possibilities offered by Vista are really small compared to Ubuntu, one need only compare the two terminals to notice. Eye, which also offers greater scalability depending on the interest and knowledge of its users. If you want to introduce shortly into the guts of your system can keep you out and work 100% of the time graphically. If you look inside your system, you can always do, making use of the fantastic and powerful Unix console. What you do not like a certain behavior? Sure there are some program or graphic option to change it. Or, if you dare, you always have available the power to modify how and when you want.

11. Ubuntu is easier to use than Vista. I will not quarrel with anyone. Just test Vista and, without going any further, the new Shell, which is a big step for advanced users but it multiplies the options visible, and therefore makes it more complicated.

12. The two systems need learning. Continuing with the previous point, Ubuntu Dapper is easier to learn than Vista. If you think that what I say is darkly distorted by my twisted mind, try Vista. And keep that clear: you'll have to learn to use a completely new system, little will serve you what you learned with XP. Both the general appearance, like Shell, like Internet Explorer or Office need a learning curve to start from scratch. As an example, if we start with some knowledge of the current Office, I think it is easier to learn to use OpenOffice to learn to use Office 2007.

13. Zero cost. It will not cost anything, both the initial establishment and subsequent updates, and almost all of the programs. The applications that you'll use are free, so you will not need to put keys or pirated or illegal for any program.

14. The most important: you can make normal life with Ubuntu. Browsing the Internet, check email, write documents, talk to your friends by the Messenger, etc ... Ubuntu has support for more formats than Vista: for example, while a newly installed Ubuntu you can view PDFs, DOCs or XLSs work or PPTs in a newly installed Vista can not do. Yes, some formats, by absurd U.S. patents are not factory installed, such as mp3 or divx. Install Automatix or EasyUbuntu and you can add support for all these formats to 4 clicks away. If you have older Windows programs for which no substitute is likely to work with Wine, an implementation of the internal API of Windows (Win32). For example, I have installed and run Cryptool, easyCar and Statgraphics on Ubuntu, old applications which require us to use in the practices of the University, available only for Windows and that has long since stopped developing.

15. You will have a system with more future. Not me, it says Firefox, eMule, OpenOffice, Azureus, WordPress, Rails, etc ... Every day free software grows stronger. Probably most current utopia: the most dangerous enemies of companies with millions of dollars of budget (eg Microsoft) are thousands of developers spread around the world, working on projects they want to do what they want, most no charge .

well, there were, these reasons are turning to internet for quite some time, no longer speak of a beta version, but a final version.

on the other side and apart from the system itself, is the community that we are all that we have installed (some geniuses have at their disposal to modify the code, I am far from that yet!), one is calm because he knows that if you can not solve a problem by itself out there is full of people willing to help him, because he has been through it, that's part of the ubuntu philosophy.

source: http://ubuntu-beryl.com.ar/2007/05/15-razones-para-elegir-ubuntu.html