ubuntulinux

An extremely stable and good Linux distro that runs off of the Gnome desktop environment. Ubuntu is offered free of charge and can be shipped to your home in two formats: a liveboot CD, and also an install CD. Ubuntu is a good OS for people that are new to Linux.

I currently use Ubuntu v5.04.

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rhythmbox

A music manager program for Gnome that was inspired by Apple's iTunes. It supports organizing, searching, and listening to music on a Linux hard drive. Recently, it added listening support for music on an iPod, and listening to internet radio.

I currently have about 1,000 songs on Rhythmbox.

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kubuntu

An integrated Linux distro with all the great features of Ubuntu, but based on the KDE desktop. A good thing about Kubuntu is that it is free and can be downloaded, used, and upgraded for no money at all. Kubuntu can be either run off of a liveboot CD, or installed. Kubuntu is a good OS for people who are new to Linux.

I currently dual boot with Windows XP and Kubuntu.

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liveboot

When someone says that their computer is running off of a live boot CD, they are saying that the operating system that their computer is running is not installed on their hard drive, but on their temporary memory. This allows the user to try out an OS without having to lose all of the data that was on the hard drive.

I'm currently running Slackware off of a live boot disk.

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