With Ubuntu Desktop Edition you can surf the web, read email, create documents and spreadsheets, edit images and much more. Should you have any questions, or need help with using the system, you can check our online documentation, ask our community or buy professional support.
Easy to install
Ubuntu has a fast and easy graphical installer right on the Desktop CD, which is also a Live CD. On a typical computer the installation should take you less than 25 minutes.
Ubuntu just works
We've done all the hard work to ensure the basics are in place so that your system will be immediately usable once you've installed Ubuntu. The standard installation contains a complete suite of office applications including OpenOffice for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, and Gimp for image editing.
Integrated email and calendaring
Whether you need to simply check your email, create a calendar or search for a contact, Evolution can help you. To enable an easier transition to Ubuntu, Evolution can connect to a Microsoft Exchange or other mail server.
Use and share files in standard office formats
What's more, you can easily open, edit and share files with your friends that have Microsoft Office, Word Perfect, KOffice or StarOffice. Plus you can easily create PDFs of your documents with just one click of the mouse.
Safe, easy and tabbed web browsing
Firefox 2.0 is a powerful and award-winning standards compliant web browser. With tabbed browsing you'll be able to use one window to view all your web pages, and save and open multiple web pages at the same time by using favourites and home page tabs.
Ubuntu in your local language
Ubuntu aims to be usable by as many people as possible, which is why we include the very best localisation and accessibility infrastructure that the free software community has to offer. Ubuntu is available in over 40 languages from Arabic to Xhosa. You can even help us out by translating to your own language using the Launchpad translation tool.
