Everybody arguably hates deceptive titles. The times when you are in dire need of an answer for a research question are also same times you get pissed by incorrectly named articles and discourses on the internet.
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Well, on this instance, while you can speculate comparisons against other operating systems, among different Linux distros, and across computing devices, it will all be going to be rudimentary and personal. There isn't going to be any advanced graphs and diagrams illustrating statistical anomalies in swap space allocation.
First up, compare and contrast Ubuntu with itself. In other words, define and describe it. Ubuntu, you guessed it right, is a Linux operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux first released in 2004. The most elementary denominator among all Linux is its kernel; while its latest face is Unity.
I personally have tried the Unity UI, but I did not last a day on it mainly because that was the first time I experienced Linux. And being away from Windows for only the second time (I also have tried JoliOS), I got lost. Sure it was an eye candy, but I immediately looked for the best Windows alternative.
We don't often concern ourselves with a change in aspects of our lives that we take for granted, like whether we write our 5's looking like the letter s to others. Unless we encounter problems with them. For my case, I was displeased with the speed at which my netbook was running on Windows and the way I become just another user with a personalized desktop background and themes. So I went for a new experience.