In honour of Victoria Day I installed Ubuntu on my home computer. Ubuntu is a version of Linux, the "free" computer operating system, and the only real competition to Microsoft Windows XP/Vista on PCs.

First impressions? It's pretty similar to Windows, and should do fine for 85% of computer users. If your not an intermediate to advanced computer user, I wouldn't recommend attempting to install Ubuntu alone - it is highly unlikely every feature will "just work" upon installation. Similar to Windows, lots of little things (screen resolution, sound, etc...) need tweaking to get working properly.