It had to happen eventually, I finally got around to installing Ubuntu...
The test machine was an old laptop that had basically crawled to a halt under Windows and was destined for TradeMe, so I figured I had nothing to loose and downloaded the latest copy of Ubuntu and installed it.
WOW, talk about "easy, fast, and good looking" EASY to install, the laptop now runs FAST and the gui environment is really nice.
Everything "just worked" ....I've even become an OpenOffice convert, it couldn't be easier as all my existing MS Office documents open, update and save flawlessly.
Want more software? there are so many community apps I have barely scratched the surface...the most surprising enhancement has been video performance. Previously the laptop struggled to play fullscreen video, now it plays flawlessly ??!!
I became so convinced that Ubuntu and Linux were the future that I went and bought a second hand Dell PowerEdge server and installed Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS on it....just for fun :)
Once again, straight forward out of the box (actually off the CD) install of a LAMP environment which is also running an Oracle XE install as well for good measure
Support is fantastic, the support forums are amazing http://ubuntuforums.org/ with heaps of knowledgable experts willing to share their learnings - thanks!
Don't take my word for it ... visit http://www.ubuntu.com/ and download a copy, today!
