Ubuntu: I'm a noob

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what's the advantage in running something like ubuntu? (or, for that matter, another linux implementation?)

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Free, generally very stable, highly configurable, and a huge selection of free software generated by the people, for the people.

It's also much more effecient with hardware, so you can do a lot more with a lot less. I think it's also better at multitasking than Windows.