A saw a video of a cube inerface and was impressed
2007-03-27 09:57:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I've tested a couple different versions of Ubuntu (EdUbuntu, XUbuntu) and have been running v5 and v6.10. I think it's a solid platform that's easy to install, configure, and use. I've had good success running it as a 'live cd' OS and also from a bootable usb key.
The 'cube interface' that you saw is probably related to the Beryl project. It is not the default graphical interface for Ubuntu (or any Linux distro). It requires some extra software, drivers, and good hardware for best performance. You can learn more about Beryl here, http://www.beryl-project.org/ and see some screenshots here, http://www.beryl-project.org/features.php
2007-03-31 09:34:40 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ubuntu is a great Linux operating system, it's very user freindly so with a very short learning curve most novices can use it pretty easily. The great thing about Linux is the open source software which is all free & available to you through the repositories. The program that you saw with the 3d interface was probably Beryl or Compiz, both of these add alot of eye candy options to your desktop.
Ubuntu is very versatile, you can install it so it will dual boot with Windows as a seperate operating system, or you can run Windows inside of Ubuntu with Vmware, you don't have to use windows and you can still run windows applications using Wine, and pretty much most of the software applications for Windows has an Open Source" (free) counterpart that does pretty much everything that the Windows version does (often it does a whole lot more) except empty your pocket.
With Linux you can try a program or operating system and if you don't like it, or it doesn't meet your needs your not out one penny, just uninstall it & choose another program or OS that does.
2007-03-28 05:58:29 · answer #2 · answered by rf186 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Background:
Ubuntu is a flavour of linux, designed to be desktop-friendly.
See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28Linux_distribution%29
It's based on Debian, a very popular (and in my opinion, spectacular) Linux build. Haven't used Ubunutu myself as I generally stick with Debian, but anything based on Debian is worth looking at.
2007-03-27 10:30:27 · answer #3 · answered by makeda m 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its free, its user friendly, it meets the needs of most people, and you can try it out from the CD without having to install it.
Its great.
2007-03-27 10:01:49 · answer #4 · answered by David D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never Heard of it? what is it and what does it do?
2007-03-27 10:07:37 · answer #5 · answered by Kevan M 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋