# What is special about Ubuntu?

What is special about Ubuntu?

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
- Author title: Pinned by G2 as a common question
- Net upvotes: 5


## Comments
### Comment 1

What makes Ubuntu special is that it’s the "bridge" between casual users and hardcore developers. It takes the complexity of Linux and makes it accessible with a polished interface and a massive App Center.

Unlike Windows, it doesn’t hog your RAM or storage, which is why it’s so popular for reviving older machines with small drives. Because it’s the industry standard, almost every tutorial or piece of software is built for it first. You get a professional, high-security OS for free that’s just as capable of running a laptop as it is a global cloud server.

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- Posted at: 12 days ago
- Author title: SWE



### Comment 2

Ubuntu is special because it is free and open-source.
It is easy to use, even for beginners.
It is very secure and stable.
It also has strong community support.

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- Posted at: 5 months ago
- Author title: Software Developer | Java, MERN, Next.js | AI/ML & Cloud | Building Scalable, Intelligent Web Apps | Exploring LLMs & GenAI



### Comment 3

Fast and reliable and have good support team and it is free

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- Posted at: 5 months ago
- Author title: Turning Ideas💡 into Scalable Apps | Full Stack Web & Mobile Developer | Freelancer | TypeScript



### Comment 4

Its file system is unique and allows it to be installed on any type of hard drive.

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- Posted at: over 2 years ago
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### Comment 5

is one of the stable linux.

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- Posted at: over 3 years ago
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