What makes Ubuntu so popular and on the rise

[azz]

OOzy Pal Wrote: 
>  I would like to see the side the people are

> seeing in Ubuntu which I am not.

> 





It's aimed to be the best software the free-libre software world can
make.  It is a venture by Canonical aimed at proving that the
free-libre open-source business model of providing services can be
viable (make money.)  In that sense, 

1.  it's good software.

2.  it's free (as in no cost)

3.  it's free-libre (as in software freedom -  the software is not
property and will remain free)

4.  it is very community-oriented and it has a considerable community
behind it, which will in turn make it better and attract more people. 
The snowball effect:  Zoom!


-- 
azz