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Excuse my ignorance...what is Ubuntu?

Dont they get google in scotland anymore ? ;)

[Milky Bar Kid]

I can't be bothered googling it as I am on a rubbish connection...thought someone who has it could just tell me?

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Ubuntu (pronounced /uːˈbuːntuː/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English)),[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#cite_note-1)[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#cite_note-2) is a computer operating system (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system) based on the Debian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian) Linux distribution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution). It is named after the South African (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa) ethical ideology Ubuntu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28philosophy%29) ("humanity towards others")[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#cite_note-3) and is distributed as free and open source software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software). Ubuntu provides an up-to-date, stable operating system for the average user, with a strong focus on usability (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability) and ease of installation. Ubuntu has been selected by readers of desktoplinux.com as the most popular Linux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux) distribution for the desktop, claiming approximately 30% of Linux desktop installations in both 2006 and 2007.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#cite_note-Market_Survey_2006-4)[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#cite_note-Market_Survey_2007-5)
Ubuntu is composed of multiple software packages of which the vast majority is distributed under a free software license (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software_license) (also known as open source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source)). The main license used is the GNU General Public License (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License) (GNU GPL) which, along with the GNU Lesser General Public License (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License) (GNU LGPL), explicitly declare that users are free to run, copy, distribute, study, change, develop and improve the software. Ubuntu is sponsored by the UK based company Canonical Ltd. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_Ltd.), owned by South African (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa) entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth). By keeping Ubuntu free and open source, Canonical is able to utilize the talents of community developers in Ubuntu's constituent components. Instead of selling Ubuntu for profit, Canonical creates revenue by selling technical support (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_support) and from creating several services tied to Ubuntu.
Canonical endorses and provides support for three additional Ubuntu-derived operating systems: Kubuntu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubuntu), Edubuntu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edubuntu) and Ubuntu Server Edition. There are several other derivative operating systems including local language and hardware-specific versions.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#cite_note-ubuntu_derivatives-6)
Canonical releases new versions of Ubuntu every six months and supports Ubuntu for eighteen months by providing security fixes, patches to critical bugs and minor updates to programs. LTS (Long Term Support) versions, which are released every two years,[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#cite_note-7) are supported for three years on the desktop and five years for servers.[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#cite_note-8) The current version of Ubuntu, 9.10 (Karmic Koala (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karmic_Koala)), was released on October 29, 2009.


HTH

[Milky Bar Kid]

Lol! Thanks...! I read that it was an OS and was made by Linux and thats as far as I got with that!!

[speedplay]

Lol! Thanks...! I read that it was an OS and was made by Linux and thats as far as I got with that!!


Thought you would somehow! lol

[Milky Bar Kid]

Does it do anything special? Other than change the wallpaper every 5 minutes?

[Holdup]

Its free... thats as much as i know about it :p

But then again, my xp disk was free :wink:

[fastdruid]

Does it do anything special? Other than change the wallpaper every 5 minutes?

Well the desktop cube is cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dHVmGYFs1U

Druid

[Gerry]

Here's mine...

Female Golden Eagle.

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff325/Simpsons1979/Jess/Desktop.jpg

[DarrenSV650S]

Well the desktop cube is cool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dHVmGYFs1U

Druid
That looks unnecessarily complicated

[Jayneflakes]

Does it do anything special? Other than change the wallpaper every 5 minutes?

It does what Windows should be able to do, but can't because it is slowed up by Virus threats and thus Virus software. :compcrash:

Also it sticks a big finger up to Bill Gates and tells him that a teeny tiny percentage of the world don't like his company very much! :D

My system has all the functions a good Desk top should have and the added bonus of it being safer to use because there are very few, if any, virus out there that effect it. :smurfin:

[fastdruid]

That looks unnecessarily complicated

Not really, I have it set to click and hold scrolly wheel on the desktop to move it with the mouse or scroll up/down to swap between virtual desktops. Or you can just select one of the virtual desktops from the bottom taskbar. Once you've got used to multiple virtual desktops (I have 6 at work, 2 on one monitor and 4 on the other) its hard to go back to only one.

There are other neat features such as any window you can chose if you want it for example to stay on top or stay on the active desktop so you could be watching a video and swapping between desktops and the video stays with you.

On the downside flash is sh*te on linux and crashes/maxes out my CPU on my home PC (my work PC being quad core doesn't suffer so much) but hopefully HTML5 will send that sh*tefest to the deepest hell where it belongs.

Druid

[lukemillar]

Not really, I have it set to click and hold scrolly wheel on the desktop to move it with the mouse or scroll up/down to swap between virtual desktops. Or you can just select one of the virtual desktops from the bottom taskbar. Once you've got used to multiple virtual desktops (I have 6 at work, 2 on one monitor and 4 on the other) its hard to go back to only one.

There are other neat features such as any window you can chose if you want it for example to stay on top or stay on the active desktop so you could be watching a video and swapping between desktops and the video stays with you.

On the downside flash is sh*te on linux and crashes/maxes out my CPU on my home PC (my work PC being quad core doesn't suffer so much) but hopefully HTML5 will send that sh*tefest to the deepest hell where it belongs.

Druid

Swapping between desktops is useful - I use it on Linux at work and OSX at home.

Doing it as some ghey 3D cube thing is about as stupid as the old IRIX 3D filesystem where you fly around a la Jurassic Park.

[missyburd]

Here's mine...

Female Golden Eagle.

I like that a lot, great choice Gerry :-D

[Richie]

my current one

http://www.lostinthemultiplex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/TT3d-1-1024x576.jpg

[Bluefish]

Well after a bit of googling found out how to do it, so here you are,


http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu94/andysv/desktop.jpg

[svdev]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/ELL-CEE/screen1.jpg

[Electro]

http://forums.sv650.org/[IMG]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/ELECTROVW/Desktop.pngHeres mine, swaps every so often but the pics are all from the Spitzer space telescope.

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d2/ELECTROVW/Desktop.png

[urbane1]

My current desktop, makes me smile every time I open up

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/urbane1-2/Desktop.jpg

[SuzukiNess]

5587

:smt055

change of bike and colours :)


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[Lozzo]

Mine... all mine and on my desktop. I tried to get a screenshot but failed

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5654779410_d5307236e2_b.jpg

[svdev]

eh lozzo i notice the red suzuki was registered in barrow-in-furness,probably by crooks suzuki when eddie crooks owned it,sadly he has just died but his son martin is and has been running it for some time now.
bit of useless information for you.

[Geodude]

i notice the red suzuki was registered in barrow-in-furness,probably by crooks suzuki when eddie crooks owned it.

How did you find that out? as i would like to know where my bike came from.

[DarrenSV650S]

Mine now

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k164/DarrenStewartTait/3c1b66fc.jpg

[svdev]

How did you find that out? as i would like to know where my bike came from.

that`s where i was born so the reg was familiar plus crooks suzuki is the only suzuki dealer round this neck of the woods and they are family friends.

[Geodude]

that`s where i was born so the reg was familiar plus crooks suzuki is the only suzuki dealer round this neck of the woods and they are family friends.

Ahh right cheers, thought it was some new googlefoo or the like ta :)

Sorry for derail my desktop not u rated ;)

[Vergey]

http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m600/Nick_Verge/IMG_3036.jpg

My current background photo, though it filters through many of my photos of the 07 MCN show, well with some icons on it as well

[andrewsmith]

Shamelessly stolen off Paul the 6th

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a426/andrewsmith1708/Desktop.jpg

[Richie]

that`s where i was born so the reg was familiar plus crooks suzuki is the only suzuki dealer round this neck of the woods and they are family friends.

Ditto... :0) but born in Ulverston.

[keithd]

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/33990_467273952177_554152177_6408274_4104248_n.jpg

tried to get a screenshot too but that failed too... so this is the picture anyways...