I got fed up with having to constantly “fix” the kids computer in their room. They were constantly installing software, toolbars and other “helper” applications that were causing the computer to not run well. Plus the updates were non-stop — especially since were weren’t allowing them on the Internet during the week… all updates were being done when they finally connected to the Internet on the weekend.
With Ubuntu installed, they can still run all of their online games (Runescape and Andkon) as well as some Linux games that will keep them relatively entertained. They can do any type of wordprocessing that they need using OpenOffice. They can connect to the music library using Rythmbox and DAAP and they can view any videos that then need.
The boot-up time is under a minute (compared to over 5 minutes with XP) and everything is working well. The only limitation is currently the system will not hibernate or suspend well, since the boot-up time is so short, it shouldn’t be an issue.
