Only Seven More Days to Go!

and you can download the new Ubuntu, Karmic Koala, Ubuntu 9.10 from

http://www.ubuntu.com/ and it's free and comes with access to thousands

of free programs!

What you can do with Ubuntu:

Email

Surf the web

Burn CDs.

Rip CDs.

Listen to music using the computer.

Watch vidoes/DVDs.

Scan and print.

Spreadsheets.

Presentations

Newsgroups.

HTML editing.

Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc.

Make videos.

Download photos from a camera and organize them.

Translations from one language to another.

Use a dictionary program that's much faster than using a book

Learn how to touch type with a touch type learning program.

Edit images.

Send and receive a fax.

Take screenshots.

Create .PDF files.

Create and use a data base.

Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one including

Windows Live Messenger.

IRC.

Bluetooth.

and much more!

What you can't do with Ubuntu:

Worry about:

WPA and WGA raising their ugly heads,

DRM,

Viruses,

Root kits,

Spyware,

and

Malware.

The reasons that Ubuntu is more secure than Windows are twofold:

1. When *anything* in Ubuntu needs updating or patching, it all comes

from the same source and a little orange star appears when any updates

or patches are available. It's a known fact that anti virus apps and

anti malware apps can only deal with nasties that are known, not the new

ones. Hence, it is very important to be updated or patched and not just

the operating system but everything that is installed on the computer.

Windows has no central updating source and the user has to be checking

constantly for updates to their programs or face the possibility of

being compromised.

2. In Ubuntu, when anything wants to install, you have to key in your

password. With Windows, you have to click on "OK" or nothing at all as

is evidenced by drive by malware. Unlike Windows, the Linux kernel is

not intertwined with a browser like Windows is with Internet Explorer

and the kernel is kept away and protected from the user account.

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