Linux Ubuntu is it open source?? I installed Unix and i am dissapointed in it?

Even the mouse pointer is a big square with unreadable suff!Bu the way! Letters are pne over another!





Do yo think linux ubuntu is the same?? I mean i want ot try linux now! Is ubuntu open source??- if not tell me a linux wich is open-source and its link please! Does linux have same commands like Solaris and is Linux an Unix -based environment system??

Linux Ubuntu is it open source?? I installed Unix and i am dissapointed in it?
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Reply:You could buy a copy of Micro Mart computer magazine, it's only £1.99 and you will find adverts in the classified at the back from a guy called Linuxman. I have used him and he is dead reliable. He supplies CD's oof most Linux distro's including Ubuntu. Many ar what is known as live CDs, you boot with the Cd in your drive and Linux runs from the CD. It is obviously slower but it does not install anything to your Hard Drive. This way you can try out various versions without affecting your Windows install.
Reply:ubuntu has a good UI. Don't know about all the commands though. Ubuntu is open source. Thats the whole point.
Reply:All Linux distributions are open source.
Reply:Yes ubuntu is open source and you can get a free install CD from the ubuntu web site:


http://www.ubuntu.com/


You will hopefully be pleasantly surprised.





Also a good distro for a newbie is open suse:


http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSU...





also open source %26amp; free to download. If you are trying to be purist about open source as someone new to linux you'll find it very difficult some of the drivers etc are closed source, this is the fault of the hardware manufacturer rather than linux.
Reply:Yes, Ubuntu is open source, and yes, it's Unix-like.