Looks More Like a Puma

Package Manager - is the nicest way to get software I’ve ever worked with. If you’re looking for freeware, whether it’s a video editor or a ruby interpreter, you can find it and install neatly within minutes. Updates to the OS and all the software is integrated through the package manager so I automatically get security fixes for Ubuntu and new versions of my IM client all through the same helpful interface.

Geek Friendly - as in, an operating system that helps me do stuff rather than trying to continuously throw up road blocks. It’s nice to have an OS that doesn’t do its best to bury the terminal and actually comes with a C compiler installed.

Virus Software - I don’t use any. Whoop.

Community - is friendly and helpful. Ubuntu has it’s share of problems, but its community of users and (often emphatic) fans is a pretty good resource for solving problems.

Well this wraps up my little series about operating systems. If I haven’t bored you yet, go on over to computerworld.com for the OS Smackdown.