A Move to Ubuntu
I switched to Ubuntu Linux a few months ago and I have been very impressed. Ubuntu is the fourth Linux distribution I’ve used in my three years as a full-time Linux user. Other distributions I’ve used (in chronological order) are Mandrake, Red Hat, and SUSE. Already Ubuntu is my favorite so far.
Aside from Ubuntu’s excellent hardware support, one of the main attractions of Ubuntu for me is its APT (advanced package tool) software package management system. Using APT, I can select from over 15,000 software programs to install, uninstall, or update at a click of the button. This makes software management very easy (which has not been Linux’s traditional strength). In Ubuntu, I was able to find APT packages for specialized security tools such as dSniff, Nikto, and TOR, all of which I had to compile from source on SUSE.