Ubuntu is one of the best and most popular versions of Linux, with great solutions for common user interface and graphics clean and tasteful. Despite resistance from some consumers, it is a good alternative which also lowers the final cost of computers. Therefore, despite claiming to have more profitability with Windows netbooks, ASUS announced on Thursday (2) two new models equipped with the open source operating system version 10.10 (but already in release 11.04).
Canonical, the organization responsible for Ubuntu, confirmed the decision of the Taiwanese company to sell the Eee PC 1001PXD and 1015PX with the system pre-installed from the 1st of June (Wednesday) by providing "one of the PCs more friendly user market. " Until recently, the devices also came from the factory with Windows, especially at the peak of the market for small laptops, between 2008 and 2009.
Ubuntu even has a version called "netbook remix", specific to the platform with fewer resources than a typical notebook computer. Canonical hopes that with the system pre-installed on devices from ASUS, to popularize the software (which is freely available and can be downloaded, including desktops, click here).
"The agreement with ASUS is important to us and will put Ubuntu to a much larger audience, people who do not need to download the program, but would be happy to buy a computer knowing that it will work perfectly with that hardware," said Chris Kenyo , vice president of equipment services at Canonical to English site The Inquirer. "We also work with manufacturers to help make all future versions of Ubuntu to work perfectly on specific machines and hardware for the consumer," he said.
The organization is taking aim at Microsoft, saying the open-source software is more suitable for platforms such as netbooks. Windows is even regarded as the great rival, and no other Linux distributions. There are actually a lot of potential, offering up to a supposedly safer environment, but Ubuntu still has a long road ahead to defeat the opponent, even on the market today at low (due to the tablets).
