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For low cost computers, Ubuntu is the obvious choice. Hardware compatibility is the same, if not better (in my experience). Ubuntu uses less resources, which means you’ll get better performance with cheaper hardware. They also have an edition called edubuntu which is designed for educational use. Ubuntu also comes preinstalled with everything most people really need. Word processing, firefox, etc. This means less setup for you as well. If they need additional software, it is all free, and they will never need to license software or deal with activation.
Oh, one more thing: Canonical advertises Ubuntu as a user-friendly Linux distribution. Do not believe a word of this. There is currently no popular Linux distribution that is user-friendly. It may look that user-friendly at first but as soon as you start to get some programs that aren’t in the APT repos, you could be in for trouble.
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It depends. Ubuntu is free, Vista is $200-300 depending on which flavor you buy. Ubuntu has a bit of a learning curve, Vista not so much. Vista can run most of the new commercial games, with Ubuntu, you have to wait on the army of geeks out there to port a popular game over, so the games are at least a year behind in most cases.
All in all, I think Ubuntu is more fun to use,especially if you like tinkering with the latest stuff. For instance, Vista’s security scheme was totally ripped off from Ubuntu. Vista’s glass effects were ripped off from Ubuntu’s comp-fusion, which was called Beryl at the time. Ubuntu is constantly evolving, because like every other open source linux distro out there, there are so many people out there working constantly on improving it.
Oh, one more thing: Canonical advertises Ubuntu as a user-friendly Linux distribution. Do not believe a word of this. There is currently no popular Linux distribution that is user-friendly. It may look that user-friendly at first but as soon as you start to get some programs that aren’t in the APT repos, you could be in for trouble.
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i agree with the first guy!
Oh, one more thing: Canonical advertises Ubuntu as a user-friendly Linux distribution. Do not believe a word of this. There is currently no popular Linux distribution that is user-friendly. It may look that user-friendly at first but as soon as you start to get some programs that aren’t in the APT repos, you could be in for trouble.
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