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The Best Linux so far:

Find out more about Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu is made by Mark Shuttleworth's company. Mark was the first South African Space tourist.

This web page was made using Nvu for Linux, Satscape was written using Netbeans for Linux, the web server feeding you this page is running Linux

Free or Donationware?

The program is free, you can download and use the fully functional program forever, but as the author, Scott Hather has spent years developing it, try it out for a few months or years, and if you like it, and it runs well on your PC, and you find it useful, then please compensate the author by buying some merchandise or making a donation (donation links below).

No donation is TOO SMALL, if you want to donate one US Dollar, thats fine, thank you very much. If you don't like Satscape, or it doesn't work, then please delete it, and try another program.

2 UK Pounds = $US 3.94

6 UK Pounds = $US 11.90

Any Billionaires out there want to donate a  million pounds? CHEERS!

...I could spend much more time developing Satscape if I didn't have to work for a living :-)

Switch to Linux!

Why? What? How?

I'm so exited about Linux, I just have to make a whole page devoted to it, lets start at the very beginning for all you die-hard Windows Users out there who have not seen the light yet and just want to know what all the fuss it about :-)

When you fire up your PC, it starts loading what is know as the "Operating System" or "OS", this is the huge set of programs that talk to your PC's hardware and tells it what to do. Many years ago, there was just "DOS" a text-only system, but in 1985 Microsoft released Windows, and it became the standard for most people.

Gradually, there were alternatives to windows that would pop up, but not really amounting to much, except Apple's MAC OS, which became the 2nd choice. This was soon followed by Linux, a completely free and open-source operating system. With it being "Open Source", it meant that anyone with some programming knowledge could create their own flavour of Linux, and that they did, there are literally 100s of different Linux "Distros" (Distributions) available and still are. But Linux was still regarded as a "Geeky" OS, as it just wasn't that easy to use compared to Windows or Mac OS. But things have changed, a new "Distro" came out called Ubuntu Linux, this is the easiest linux to date, and has grown to become the number one, beating long established distros like "Red hat" and "Suse".

So, WHY change to Linux?

• Linux is Free, no serial number, Legally Free to copy and install.
• Linux is stable, no 'blue screen of death'
• Linux is secure, security built in from the start, not an afterthought
• No Viruses or spyware (at the moment!)
• Open source, so no hidden / proprietry code
• Vast amount of free software available
• Just as easy as Windows to use.

Ubuntu Linux comes ready to use out of the box with a web browser (firefox), Email program similar to outlook, Word processor, spreadsheet and other office programs that are 100% compatable with Microsoft's programs. a whole bunch of games, development tools, video and audio players and editors. The only dis-advantage I've found is that Linux does not currently do high-end games like "Battlefield 2" or "Halo", so if you're not a hard core PC gamer, theres no disadvantages!

But Windows vista looks nice and has special effects!

Oh dear, you need to see this video, its Ubuntu Linux looking very nice, and also makes a few more comparisons to Windows Vista.

 

 

 

 

 

Still Interested?

So, if you've read this far, you must be interested, or you may be thinking "WOW I want this now!!!". One thing to remember, backup your important files first, all your photos, music, videos, documents. Installing Linux could wipe your hard drive clean. You can either do a clean install, which wipes off Windows, or if you're feeling adventurous, you can "dual boot", meaning you keep windows and get to choose which one you run, each time your PC starts. I'll explain both of these methods in part two of this article.

Part two coming soon..... 

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