Canonical's latest endeavor, somewhat confusingly called Ubuntu Light, is an instantly-on-and-connected netbook and desktop solution. It's new "Unity" UI sports many of the features Mac users have come to know and love, built for easy browsing and window management.
techi: It’s as if a million penguins cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced. Dell has dropped Ubuntu-loaded machines from their online store – a head-scratching play, considering their original declaration that Ubuntu is safer than Windows.
SFG Writes: When comparing operating systems people tend to roll out the same old reasons every time. I think those of us who use Ubuntu are already aware that we have less viruses than Windows, less malware, it’s free of cost and so on. I’m sure we’ve pointed out plenty of times that you’re legally entitled to copy the CD and even create your own remix.
However I wanted to look at some of the things I’ve done recently on Ubuntu that under Windows would be costly, difficult or impossible. So without further ado here’s my: Top ten things you can do with Ubuntu, that you’d find hard, costly, impractical or impossible with Windows, which clearly makes Ubuntu better (in my humble opinion)
Network World: So, does this end the debate over what the safest OS is? Not by a long shot. Nice bragging rights, though.
