Where can I download it from?
for the latest versions go
over here.
however, if you go over
here and select a location near you, you are offered the choice of which version you want to download; dapper is 6.06; gutsy is 7.10; hardy is 8.04; intrepid is 8.10. (there has been another release since i last installed ubuntu.)
ubuntu uses the gnome desktop environment by default.
kubuntu is the kde desktop environment, which looks a lot more like windows, but has always seemed to me to have a bit more "bloat".
xubuntu uses the xfce desktop environment which is a lot slimmer and runs on "lighter" hardware ... but it's features are a bit "slimmer" as well.
edubuntu is a variant suitable for an educational environment which, i believe, is from the standpoint of students.
and the
ubuntu forums are a great place for lots of info, as well as a "begginers" forum. also, somewhere in here is a link to that medibuntu i mentioned. (this is not actually another "flavor" of ubuntu. it is, rather, a tool to help with the various "diversions" that we all like about these computer thingies.)
oops! gotta run. this outfit has me doing a meeting on saturday and two on sunday and one in the morning (with another immediately after that we are "encouraged" to attend [no] as well as my shift monday night. no; i don't get paid for all this ... in fact, i pay them .. well, $70 per month for this room in this "work for housing" program. but, hey; it is all about supporting people, so i'm cool with it ... <grin> bye!