Ubuntu Operating System: A Powerful, Free Alternative to Windows

Abstract

The Ubuntu operating system was developed by the company Canonical Ltd., whose financing came from the great South African businessman Mark Shuttleworth. This OS offers us software for the control and execution of computer activities. It is characterized by being a free distribution operating system, offering great ease of use, constant update releases, and customizable functions according to the needs of its users. Like Windows, it gives us the opportunity to perform a myriad of computing activities, including office and games. Ubuntu was legally distributed on October 20, 2004, being the result of previous projects and great efforts. The name of Ubuntu was assigned because it was an African movement, where this system, implemented in the world, a slogan that refers to a free operating system for human beings. The aim is to allow people to use a system and a computer without having to depend directly on a computer company. This principle has been accepted more and more every day, obtaining as a result, various programs designed to run on this OS and more users loyal to this OS. Ubuntu is the operating system with the most modifications and adaptations, this, thanks to its millions of collaborators in the world, promoting a free access OS. Its advantages are many, and here we will only mention its main and most important ones: The consumption of computing resources of Ubuntu operating systems is much lower than any other of the competition, giving the benefit of greater stability and better performance of all the elements of our computer. It has such an efficient file and free space organization system that it does not need any disk defragmentation. Many of the software intended for Windows can also be used in Ubuntu. Its use is completely free, although there are some game software or...