"I am what I am because of who we all are." That's the Ubuntu philosophy. It's about how people work with each other and their consequential relationships. Ubuntu is not only about this African philosophy, it's about how open source software is developed and improved for everyone.
In particular, the Ubuntu open source operating system (o/s) is a particularly fine example of what can be developed by the community. I installed the 'desktop' version of it onto my laptop instead of the previous open source o/s, PCLinuxOS, which was very good but not as slick and easy to use as Ubuntu 10.10.
One great advantage I now by using open source is the decision I took to store all of my documents, files and photos online, or what's called 'in the cloud', these days. You no longer have to worry about losing everything and backing up everything in several different places. It's all out there, and you don't have to worry about re-installing everything off the CDs for the expensive software you bought. Nor do you have to worry about music files since the arrival of Spotify in the market. You just stream it in or even download it to your machine to play 'offline'.
This gives me huge flexibility in my computing needs. Less important is the hardware and proprietary software, and more more important is the speed of the internet access and online storage. When you are not paying out £80 or more for your operating system, £120 or more on your 'Office' software, plus the other expensive software for photos and so on, then the less worried you become about your machine.
Don't get me wrong, I like the look of a MacBook or one of the ultra-slim new Apple 'Air' laptops, but they are so incredibly expensive. I just don't want to spend that kind of money when I can do just as well with my Ubuntu-running laptop with its new found speed, security and software.
I'm converted to open-source. It really is good.
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