Ubuntu ready for mainstream Canadian bloke reckons

In a bit of a breakthrough for Linux, the CBC has made the bold step of suggesting punters ignore Apple as an alternative to Windows and shift to Unbuntu.

We should point out that the CBC is a bit like the BBC when it comes to technology reporting. Its style is to say things very slowly and use lots of imagery like "CPU is the brains of the computer", "A modem works like a mini-cab dispatcher, and the data is the taxi". Normally, such broadcasting outfits would avoid things like Linux because it is too geeky.

However the CBC says that for home users who just want e-mail, web surfing, picture editing, listening to music, making spreadsheets and basic word processing there is no reason to use Windows or Apple OSX.

It claims that Linux, and more specifically the free "Ubuntu" version, has come a long way in the past few years and is well worth considering for basic computing. The CBC admits that gaming on Unbuntu is extremely limited, almost all of the average person's basic computing needs are well looked after. It also says that it is possible to resurrect several old machines using Ubuntu. µ