Ubuntu is an operating system built by a worldwide team of expert developers. It contains all the applications you need: a web browser, office suite, media apps, instant messaging and much more.
Ubuntu is an open-source alternative to Windows and Office.
Software Center
Instant access to thousands of free and open-source applications.
Categories include Education, Games, Sound and Video, Graphics, Programming and Office.
Simply select the applications you want to use and the Ubuntu Software Center will add them to your computer.
No CDs, no licenses, no hassle.
Email and chat
Chat with friends and colleagues through Empathy which integrates Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL, QQ and many more.
Evolution gives you email, an address book and a calendar and works well with colleagues and friends using MS Outlook.
Browse the Internet
Ubuntu includes Mozilla Firefox 3.5 for faster and safer browsing.
For a choice of other open-source web browsers visit the Ubuntu Software Center and take your pick.
Photos
Upload from your camera or phone to F-Spot.
Manage, tag, share and sort your photos.
Upload easily to your favourite social network or photo-sharing sites including Flickr, Facebook, Picasa and many others.
Music and videos
Plug in your PSP, iPod, MP3 player and use Rhythmbox to download, store, buy and play music.
Share playlists with your friends.
Access Last.fm directly through Rhythmbox to stream your favourite music.
Stream and play video from YouTube, BBC and others.
Office applications
Create professional documents, spreadsheets and presentations with OpenOffice.org 3.1.
OpenOffice.org is compatible with all office applications including Microsoft Office.
The big difference is that OpenOffice.org is free (and promises never to introduce Mr Clippy).
Play games
Over 400 completely free and completely cool games. Solitaire is not the only game in town.
Visit the Ubuntu Software Center to easily browse, select and install games.
Store, sync and share
Integrated “Ubuntu One” technology gives you 2 GB of online storage for free.
Easily share files between your own and your friends’ computers.
Upgrade at low cost for more storage if you need it.
Accessibility
At the core of the Ubuntu philosophy is the belief that computing is for everyone, whatever your circumstances. Ubuntu is one of the most accessible operating systems around and is fully translated into 23 languages with many more to follow.
Free software
For Ubuntu, the ‘free’ in ‘free software’ is used primarily in reference to freedom, and not to price – although they are committed to not charging for Ubuntu. The most important thing about Ubuntu is that it confers rights of software freedom on the people who install and use it. It is these freedoms that enable the Ubuntu community to grow, continue to share its collective experience and expertise to improve Ubuntu and make it suitable for use in new countries and new industries.
Quoting the Free Software Foundation’s ‘What is Free Software’, the freedoms at the core of free software are defined as:
- The freedom to run the programme, for any purpose.
- The freedom to study how the programme works and adapt it to your needs.
- The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others.
- The freedom to improve the programme and release your improvements to the public, so that everyone benefits.
Open source
Open source is a term coined in 1998 to remove the ambiguity in the English word ‘free’. The Open Source Initiative described open source software in the Open Source Definition. Open source continues to enjoy growing success and wide recognition.
Ubuntu is happy to call itself open source. While some refer to free and open source as competing movements with different ends, They do not see free and open source software as either distinct or incompatible. Ubuntu proudly includes members who identify with both movements.
The Ubuntu promise
- Ubuntu will always be free of charge, along with its regular enterprise releases and security updates
- Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical and hundreds of companies from across the world
- Ubuntu provides the best translations and accessibility features that the free software community has to offer
- Ubuntu core applications are all free and open source. We want you to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on.
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