The Telegraph: Let your computer fly free - by Mike Butcher

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Let your computer fly free - by Mike Butcher

"There are plenty of applications which are cheaper than Microsoft's - but it scarcely seemed worth it, given that we still only use 20 per cent of what most modern software is capable of. Instead, I decided to go cheap and cheerful: I was going to run my laptop for free. The first port of call was finding an operating system that could replace Windows. Linux, the free, open-source platform, was the obvious choice. There are dozens of Linux-based systems to choose from, but one of the simplest to use is Ubuntu. You simply download and install it to your computer and hey presto - an operating system".