Anyone who’s installed a generic version of Windows (i.e., not one pre-configured by a PC vendor to work with certain hardware) knows how nice it is not to have to spend hours hunting around for drivers after installing the operating system. hardware autoconfiguration – Ubuntu comes with the drivers for most hardware built-in.Given this, here are five things Ubuntu does out-of-the-box that no version of Windows I’ve ever seen is capable of by default: As for OS X, I’m too frightened away by Apple’s high prices and obsession with controlling users to consider that route. And Ubuntu is far from perfect.īut having been an Ubuntu user for several years, I don’t think I could ever go back to Windows and be happy. In fairness, Windows does a lot of things well, especially when computer vendors configure it ahead of time. Here’s a short list of some of those reasons. Whenever I find myself compelled to deal with proprietary operating systems, I’m reminded why I use Ubuntu. I just finished configuring a Vista laptop for my brother, who needs to run some Windows-only applications for college.
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