Booting Ubuntu from the comparatively slow micro hard drive takes rather long. While an average computer requires between 20 and 60 seconds to boot into a desktop OS, Ubuntu took between four and five minutes.
| Boot | OO Word Processor | Firefox | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asus NCL-DS
Dual Xeon 3.6 GHz 1024 MB RAM |
4:00 | 0:45 | 15s |
| Gigabyte 8i955X-Royal
P4 660 1024 MB RAM |
3:57 | 0:47 | 16s |
| Averatec Notebook
Pentium M 1300 MHz 512 MB RAM |
4:45 | 0:48 | 19s |
Installed Applications
Ubuntu Linux comes with applications to address the vast majority of computing tasks.
The software packages includes Firefox for browsing, mail and instant messaging clients and even a client for Bittorrent.
