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GoldLyrics.com - Ubuntu 8.04 DVD
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List Price: $12.99
Our Price: $12.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Canonical
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Canonical
EAN: 0890655001190
Feature: Award-winning Linux operating system with complete set of open source applications for desktops, laptops, and servers
Label: Canonical
Manufacturer: Canonical
Platform: Linux
Publisher: Canonical
Release Date: 2008-04-25
Studio: Canonical
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Features
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Award-winning Linux operating system with complete set of open source applications for desktops, laptops, and servers
Office productivity suite, Web browser, and email for your everyday needs
Instant messaging, image editing, and various tools for accessing and managing your multimedia files
Free security updates delivered via the Internet for 18 months on the desktop and server
Comprehensive DVD with desktop and server installation, alternate installation (e.g., OEM install), plus all of the supported add-on software and translations for dozens of languages
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Top contender in the personal computing market
Comment: For years I have wished to replace Microsoft on my home PC with Linux. It seems every new version of Microsoft software required more and more memory and greater CPU horsepower. I had used Linux at work and knew it was generally faster. The problem was always a bad experience in the past where I attempted to install Red Hat Linux on my home machine and had problems setting up my computer to be useful again. In the end, I gave up on Linux and went crawling back to Microsoft again. I did go ahead and replace MS Office® with OpenOffice.org and was very pleased with that product. This is not a reflection on Red Hat at all, I know many have had success with it and I am glad. And, I am sure it has improved since those many years ago. But, the initial problems made me afraid to try again.
Finally, I kept hearing about Ubuntu of late and decided it might be time to try and swim in the deep end again. I downloaded the CD image and requested this CD through amazon just in case I ran into problems with the download or CD imaging. The imaging had no issues so I went ahead and gave it a try. At first I had hoped to try a dual partition rather than jumping in with both feet but the partitioning process had errors and it only gave permission to continue with Ubuntu as a full partition or not at all. I did not want to make that leap so I tried booting from the CD just to see how my PC would do with Ubuntu. After trying all my usual tasks in Ubuntu (surfing the net, working on some OpenOffice documents, etc) I was very pleased and decided to go ahead with the full partitioning after backing up some important data files. I would have preferred the dual-boot option at least for a time but Ubuntu is easy enough to learn and OpenOffice can convert MS documents so well that I realized there really was no need for a dual-boot configuration.
After the automated installation, which was as easy or easier than any Windows® install I have done in the past, I plunged right into personalizing the preferences. I had some difficulty in that the automatic install did not recognize my display monitor or video card and so it was stuck in low-resolution; but after a quick glance at the online support forums I found a lot of help figuring this issue out and had that resolved. All this took several hours altogether but probably did not amount to much more time than a Windows install would have taken in reality. I was not locked to my desk for much of that time and only came back to check progress from time to time. The time spent looking for answers in the forums was the main delay but the wait for answers was brief. The Ubuntu community is very active and very helpful.
Several days have passed using Ubuntu and I am very pleased I switched. I was able also to set up accounts for all the kids so each can have their own environment to work in. I also set up a guest account for when the kids have friends over who want to use the computer. OpenOffice and Firefox are essentially the same between Ubuntu and Microsoft versions so the learning curve is very shallow. The ease of use and installation are much better than Linux versions of the past making Ubuntu a solid contender for the PC market. The minor glitches I encountered are a very small price to pay for free software that performs better than the costly memory-hogging alternative.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Hardy Heron Review
Comment: I am writing this review in hopes of receiving feedback. I have not purchased the Amazon package, but have downloaded Ubuntu 8.04 several times. I have used Ubuntu 7.10 with no problems. However with Hardy Heron 8.04, I have not been successful
with upgrading within Ubuntu 7.10 or burning 8.04 onto a DVD-R disk. I have come
to the conclusion that the 8.04 installation is buggy and simply does not work. Obviously,many people have been able to install Hardy Heron 8.04, but far too many have not been able to. There is no such thing as a standard PC. UBUNTU's installation program totally sucks. I will not pay for this. Amazon should not sell it.
Hardy Heron's installation program is unbelievably buggy. I will not allow Canonical
to waste my time anymore. I seriously doubt in Amazons disks are any better.
Hardy Heron BITES!!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Present for grandson.
Comment: Arrived on time and was forwarded to TX for grandson's birthday.
No report of problems.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not the product, just the price...
Comment: Unless you are unaware, this is a free product. If anyone is playing 13 dollars for it, you you are getting so ripped. Even the disc is only like .50-2.00 on most online vendors, but even that is kind of ridiculous because you can download it for free or request the disc for free from the Ubuntu website.
Linux is Open-Sourse people! That means you do not have to pay for it! =)As much as I love Amazon, this is dumb. The vendor is probably giving them to Amazon for next to nothing, or even if they are giving them to Amazon for three dollars a piece, both ends are making a killing whenever they sell one! Free!
Free!
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great OS
Comment: I have an older laptop and decided to see what a Unix based OS would do on it. Ubuntu is great! Easy to install, it went to the web and updated itself, allowed to to download a lot if excellent free software including a full featured Office suite which reads MS Office files (called Open Office) and more clipart than I imagined to be out there. I find easy to follow instructions on the Web. Am very impressed with it. I am not a guru, am actually a senior citizen on a restricted budget so not having to buy a new computer is a boon. Ubuntu works very much the way Windows does so I just mouse around and find things.
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