ubuntu.com - Free Operating System

Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work. Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools. Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge, you don’t need to pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for absolutely nothing. Every six months they offer a new deskopt and server release which will enable you to have the latest and greatest applications that the open source world has to offer. At the same time, Ubuntu provides free security and internet, drawing and graphics applications, as well as many sorts of games.

“Ubuntu is a community developed linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.”

Software copyrights and specially the ones related to operating systems are very difficult to guarantee as a result of the continuous increase of pirate and illegal copies. Open source software like Ubuntu provides a legal and free option which has all the main characteristics of any operating system.

What about compatibility? Can I install any kind of software in this operating system?