FREE: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition

What is Ubuntu? Ubuntu is an operating system built by a worldwide team of expert developers. It contains all the applications you need: a web browser, office suite, media apps, instant messaging and much more. Ubuntu is an open-source alternative to Windows and Office. You don't need a new computer, you need a new operating system.

A safe a reliable alternative to Windows that was written by computer users from around the world to free the personal computer from chains of corporate designed operating systems. Ubuntu has nothing to hide - no secret agendas. It's not designed to make you buy a new computer each time it is upgraded. Ubuntu is open to all users, of all languages and abilities. Ubuntu will boot and run right from the CD. You don't need to install it to your computer until you are ready to.

Ubuntu was written to prevent virus and spyware attacks through the Internet from the beginning. Because of this the number of viruses alive are just a tiny fraction of what the larger commercial operating systems have. At home, at school or at work, it contains all the applications you will ever need, from word processing and email applications, to Web server software and programming tools It even makes it easy to find thousands of free software applications and updates as they become available.