Ubuntu...which edition is right for you?

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Ahoy again there! Its been a long time since the last post. Many of you might’ve been wondering that which Ubuntu edition you should choose from! Well, the solution is right here!

If you want something with simplicity, good configuration, reliable, easy installations, no-headache system, Go for Ubuntu, GNOME. Well, the thing is simple, simplicity. Ubuntu offers you more reliability than any other of its editions! Not great graphics, but good, shall we say?

If you are looking for graphics, good configuration and want to hang on, Choose Kubuntu, based on KDE. Tell you what? This edition allows you to configure everything to your accord, and once you have done it, It is the best edition for you, nothing else…Excellent graphics and everything. But a bit hard to install proprietary codecs in there!

If you are looking something simplest, coolest and lightweight for your old machine, notebook, netbook or anything, go for XUBUNTU, based on Xfce. This is the most lightweight edition of Ubuntu…doesn’t tie up much memory, but keep in mind, graphics are not quite good and even I am not a fan of it.

Xfce is a really good environment for netbooks. It provides fast and simple graphics and it is user friendly(in a way). Go for it if you own a netbook which can fit inside your stomach Wink

If you are a student, teacher, principal or any geek, and want to play with educational software, do sums, CAD, EDA…anything, choose Edubuntu, the education edition of Ubuntu. Everything similar to Ubuntu, except of some add-on educational applications.

There are some others, including Gobuntu and something like that. But I have never tested them, because I never got hold of any…Good luck with your adventures in Ubuntu world…and don’t forget me ;)


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Abhishek Indoria

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If you have the real desire

If you have the real desire to learn Linux and master it, you should use Arch Linux. But yeah for a newbie it might be difficult.

A new user should get experienced with some other Linux like Fedora / Ubuntu and then move to Arch Linux else its going to be a tough time for him/her.


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