14 DAY TRIAL // The PC World editors have ranked Ubuntu Linux 7.04 as one of the 100 Best Products of 2007. The PC World's editors said they've examined hundreds of products, among which also those that have appeared in the magazine over the past 12 months, in order to select the best 100 out of them.
"Products that win PC World's 100 Best Products of 2007 Awards set the standard for excellence in the IT and consumer electronics industries... From notebooks and security software to MP3 players and smartphones, the editors reward the most outstanding performers in this annual awards program... Congratulations to Ubuntu 7.04...", said Harry McCracken, vice-president and editor in chief with PC World.
Ubuntu 7.04, a.k.a Feisty Fawn, is the most recent Ubuntu Linux distribution, designed especially for the personal computers. As any other Ubuntu distro, it is based on Debian GNU/Linux, and focuses mostly on usability and ease of installation as well as freedom from any restrictions. And according to PC World Feisty managed to successfully accomplish all of its tasks and purposes. Its design, features and performance stand as the most obvious proofs of the reasons it earned the award. Ubuntu started as an initiative of Canonical Ltd., a private company founded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth, and it is still supported by it. Jane Silber, director of Operations with Canonical Ltd. considers this winning as the reward of the efforts made in order to spread and develop the open source software:
"Our goal is to make free software widely available to users and businesses in a commercially sustainable manner. To be ranked 16th by a leading consumer IT publication such as PC World is a strong endorsement of that approach. We hope that our position as the top open source project on PC World's list will encourage even more people to try Ubuntu and perhaps explore the broad range of other open source technologies that are available", said Jane.
The entire list of the top 100 best products is available on PC World's website.