Recently I was pointed to Sun Microsystems free VirtualBox virtual machine software by my friend Michael Fey. I installed a VirtualBox and downloaded the free Ubuntu Linux 8.1(32-bit). I will be taking a class in Linux Essentials at my college next year for my computer science major. I thought that if I use Ubuntu Linux some that I will be more prepared for the class. I will be at least more familiar with how Linux is used on modern computers.
The installation was easy and automatically recognized my network connection. I have used Firefox 3 and the automatic package updater. I used the blackjack game that was built-in. It is a nice desktop. Ubuntu uses the GNOME desktop. I will continue to use it from time to time and learn more about Linux.
