Several reasons - it is optimized for an easy user experience, has a very large user community, free, and is constantly updated. Installation is very easy and straightforward, and a lot of educational institutions use it.
It is one of the more popular Linux distros.
Since Ubuntu is installed as an ext4 file system (not NTFS as in Windows), there is no need to defragment anything.
Ubuntu is safe. The majority of viruses and other malware on the internet are written for windows, so they wouldn't affect an Ubuntu computer. However, ubuntu is less user friendly than windows, so I would be careful and make sure you have a good backup for your windows computer.
Xubuntu and Ubuntu are two different versions of Ubuntu. (Ubuntu has GNOME.)
Ubuntu is binary-compatible with it, so you could technically install and run it. However, a system that old might have problems running Ubuntu well, especially if it doesn't have enough RAM.
Ubuntu cannot harm your computer's hardware at all. If you dont have much experience with installing operating systems, and try to install ubuntu, there's a possibility that you can overwrite all the data that is currently on the hard drive. However, if you are installing Ubuntu on a blank hard drive, then there is no harm that can be done by doing so. Ubuntu is a very useful linux-based operating system.
You could make a separate partition for Ubuntu, so creating a dual-boot. Or try the easiest method of using WUBI to install Ubuntu as a Windows file. This allows you to use Ubuntu without affecting XP or the hard-drive. Type WUBI in a browser and follow the instructions.
reebok is an antelope, so is an ubuntu!
Ubuntu is best, but then I'm biased, as my computers all run Ubuntu!
"Ubuntu is free. Always has been and always will be. From the operating system to security updates, storage to software. Ubuntu is fast to load, easy to use, available in most languages and accessible to all. Ubuntu applications are all free and open source - so you can share them with anyone you like, as often as you like. Ubuntu comes with full support and all kinds of services available worldwide."
Ubuntu is an operating system, so just tell the installer to use the entire disk. However, an operating system is useless without software, and Ubuntu includes many software packages on a clean install.
Ubuntu generally creates a different partition on your hard drive, formatted with the EXT4 filesystem. Therefore, without special software, you cannot access your files on Ubuntu from Windows. However, you can access your Windows files from Ubuntu without any trouble. When Ubuntu is installed, you get to choose whether to boot into Ubuntu or Windows when the computer turns on. That means that you cannot be actively logged into both Windows and Ubuntu on the same computer. However, you can install Ubuntu on a virtual machine, making the computer run Ubuntu inside an emulator in Windows. This makes it possible to run Ubuntu while you are logged into Windows. I do not recommend it, though. Ubuntu users and Windows users are in different operating systems, so you cannot just switch between them like you can in Windows accounts.
Something like this: Well, the word Ubuntu means in African "I am what I am because of all of us" so maybe nelson Mandela said that or something.