Ubuntu! Weird name, great distribution!

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Ubuntu is a very popular Linux distribution.

Except for support for games, Ubuntu version 7.10 and newer actually pose a real threat to other operating systems such as Mac OS and Windows.
Great support for a very wide range of hardware and an excellent selection of built in software have made it really shine.

Free Ubuntu CDs:
https://shipit.ubuntu.com/

Issue:
Clean install of Ubuntu. When you try to “make” something, you get errors like these:

error: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
error: stdio.h: No such file or directory
error: string.h: No such file or directory

etc…

Cause:
Basic CD install does not install all of the dev tools.

Fix:
Run this command:
sudo apt-get install build-essential