UBUNTU

It is an operating system based on the Linux kernel and the Linux distribution Debian, with Unity as its default desktop environment
It is distributed as free and open source software.

Linux
Is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution.

First released on 5 October 1991

Linus Torvalds

IT IS NAMED AFTER THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN ENTREPRENUER OF UBUNTU,

"humanity towards others

"the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity".

According to 2012 online surveys,

Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distribution on desktop, laptop and personal computers

Features of UBUNTU
Free software license GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) GNU Lesser General Public License (GNU LGPL) Ubiquity Sudo tool Polcy Kit

UBUNTU COMES INSTALLED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF

SOFTWARE THAT INCLUDES

LibreOffice Firefox

Thunderbird
Empathy

Transmission
lightweight games

Additional software that is not installed by default can be downloaded and installed using the Ubuntu Software Center or other apt-based package management tools. Programs in the Software Center are mostly free, but there are also priced products, including applications and magazines

HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF UBUNTU

led by the Canonical Ltd.
South African Mark Schuttleworth

The project is committed to the principles of open source development October 20, 2004

Supported until Version Code name Release date Desktop 4.10 5.04 5.10 6.06 LTS 6.10 7.04 7.10 Warty Warthog Hoary Hedgehog Breezy Badger Dapper Drake Edgy Eft Feisty Fawn Gutsy Gibbon 2004-10-20 2005-04-08 2005-10-13 2006-06-01 2006-10-26 2007-04-19 2007-10-18 2009-07-14 2008-04-25 2008-10-19 2009-04-18 2006-04-30 2006-10-31 2007-04-13 2011-06-01 Server

8.04 LTS
8.10 9.04 9.10 10.04 LTS 10.10 11.04

Hardy Heron
Intrepid Ibex Jaunty Jackalope Karmic Koala Lucid Lynx Maverick Meerkat Natty Narwhal

2008-04-24
2008-10-30 2009-04-23 2009-10-29 2010-04-29 2010-10-10 2011-04-28

2011-05-12
2010-04-30 2010-10-23 2011-04-30 2013-05-09 2012-04-10 2012-10-28

2013-05-09

2015-04

11.10
12.04 LTS 12.10 13.04 13.10

Oneiric Ocelot
Precise Pangolin Quantal Quetzal Raring Ringtail Saucy Salamander

2011-10-13
2012-04-26 2012-10-18 2013-04-25 2013-10-17[69]

2013-05-09
2017-04 2014-04 2014-01[29] 2014-07

Official Ubuntu editions

Ubuntu Desktop UbuntuKylin Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix Ubuntu Server Ubuntu TV Ubuntu Touch

Ubuntu for Andriod

Ubuntu Variants (Derivatives)

Edubuntu Kubuntu Lubuntu Mythbuntu

Ubuntu GNOME
Ubuntu Studio Xubuntu

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The system requirements vary among Ubuntu products. For the main Ubuntu desktop product,
1 GHz Pentium 4 processor 512 megabytes of RAM

5 gigabytes of hard drive space

INSTALLATION OF UBUNTU

Live CD or a Live USB drive. allowing a user to "test-drive" the OS for hardware compatibility and driver support. The CD also contains the Ubiquity installer Installing from the CD requires a minimum of 256 MB of RAM.

DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES OF WINDOWS AND UBUNTU 12.0

THE WINDOWS DESKTOP

THE UBUNTU DESKTOP

WORKING WITH WINDOWS

Working with windows is very much the same in both Ubuntu and Windows: Each window has a title bar, which shows the name of the application or other information There is an x button at the top right-hand side of each window, which can be used to close it

MOST WINDOWS ALSO HAVE BUTTONS, BESIDE THE X BUTTON, FOR MINIMIZING THE WINDOW, OR MAXIMIZING/RESTORING IT.

Minimizing hides the window altogether. To get it back, you click its button at the bottom of the window. Maximizing will make the window cover the entire desktop (except for the panels/Taskbar). Restoring will put the window to the size and location it was before it was maximized

APPLICATIONS COMPARED

Windows 7 by default has very minimal software set, On the other hand Ubuntu 12.04 comes with the LibreOffice suite (a Microsoft Office Equivalent) preinstalled, It also has F-spot, an image editing program that an Instant messaging client called Empathy that has chat provisioning for Facebook, G-Talk, Yahoo,MSN and VOIP capabilities all under a single application.

DRIVERS

One of the biggest advantages of Linux is its built-in driver set, or rather the ability of automatically downloading and installing them. This includes the drivers for your webcam, Wi-Fi, Ethernet Card, printer or scanner Linux also has the ability to download proprietary drivers, unlike windows where we have to manually download and install a driver for everything.

CONFIGURATION: THE CONTROL PANEL VS. THE SYSTEM MENU

IN UBUNTU, THERE IS A SIMILAR CONCEPT, EXCEPT THAT YOU DO IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM MENU. THERE ARE TWO SUB-MENUS, CALLED PREFERENCES AND ADMINISTRATION:

The Preferences menu is used for things that are very user-specific; what screensaver the user is using, how the user wants windows to appear, etc. If you log onto Ubuntu, and change the things in the Preferences menu, and then you log out and I log in, my settings from Preferences can be completely different than yours. The Administration menu is mostly used for settings that are system-wide. Enabling restricted drivers, or updating the system's libraries, or things like this. If I do something in the Administration menu, it will affect the operating system for all users.

MEDIA

Windows comes with Windows media player, which is pretty much useless without codecs, as majority of the videos/movies that we watch require codecs like Xvid. So there is a need to download a codec pack before Windows media player becomes fully functional. Ubuntu is bundled with Movie Player, and also requires downloading codecs. However, in both the operating systems, it is very easy to watch videos by simply installing VLC media player.

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