1. Upgrade to the newest version legally and without paying money 1.合法升級到最新版本卻不花一分錢2. Have the latest version of the operating system run faster than the previous version on the same hardware 2.同一個硬件平台上最新的操作系統卻比老的更快。
3. Easily install and run different graphical interfaces if I don't like the default setup 3.如果你不喜歡默認的桌面環境，可以非常容易的自行安裝其他的界面。
4. Install twenty programs with one command 4.一個命令就可以安裝二十個程序。 5. Have the system automatically update all my installed programs for me. 5.讓系統自動為我所安裝的軟件更新。
6. Install the same copy of my OS （Ubuntu） on multiple computers without worrying about license restrictions or activation keys 6.可以在N台機器上安裝同一份OS拷貝而無須擔心協議限制或激活碼。
7. Give away copies of the operating system and other programs that run on it without breaking any laws， governmental or ethical or moral， because it was all intended to be used this way 7.可以自由分發該操作系統及其他運行其上的軟件而不會違犯法律，政治或倫理道德，因為他本身就提倡這麼做的。
8. Have full control over my computer hardware and know that there are no secret back doors in my software， put there by malicious software companies or governments 8.完全控制我的電腦硬件，並可知曉我的軟件中沒有什麼被政府或者某某公司蓄意安放的秘密後門。
9. Run without using a virus scanner， adware/spyware protection， and not reboot my computer for months， even when I do keep up with all of the latest security updates 9.可以裸奔（無殺毒軟件，反廣告／間諜防護軟件），以及可以數月不用重啟機器，我甚至一直在更新著安全補丁。
10. Run my computer without needing to defragment my hard drive， ever 10.從來不用磁盤碎片整理。
11. Try out software， decide I don't like it， uninstall it， and know that it didn't leave little bits of stuff in a registry that can build up and slow down my machine 11.嘗試軟件，覺得不喜歡，就刪掉他，而且知道他不會在什麼注冊表裡留下一些垃圾可能導致把我的系統搞慢。
12. Make a major mistake that requires a complete reinstallation and be able to do it in less than an hour， because I put all of my data on a separate partition from the operating system and program files 12.犯了重大錯誤而導致全新重裝系統，也不過花去了1小時不到的時間，因為我把我的數據放在了獨立於操作系統和程序的分區。
13. Boot into a desktop with flash and effects as cool as Windows Vista on a three year old computer……in less than 40 seconds， including the time it takes me to type my username and password to login 13.在一台3歲的老電腦上可以有如vista那樣超酷的登錄效果……少於40秒，這已經是將我輸入用戶名和密碼並登錄計算在內了。
14. Customize anything I want， legally， including my favorite programs. I can even track down the software developers to ask them questions， contribute ideas， and get involved in the actual design/software writing process if I want to 14.合法自定義任何我想要的東西，包括我最喜愛的程序。我甚至可以跟蹤軟件開發者並向他們問問題，提意見，如果我願意的話，也可以參與到真正的軟件設計和開發進程中去。
15. Have 4+ word processor windows open working on papers， listen to music， play with flashy desktop effects， have contact with a largely happy community and have firefox， instant messaging， and email clients all open at the same time， without ever having had to beg someone for a code to make my os work， and without the system running so slow it is useless 15.超過4個的文字處理窗口，聽音樂，玩超酷的桌面效果，聯系一個大型的社區，並同時運行著firefox，即時通訊以及email客戶端，而不必求爺爺告奶奶的要什麼令我的系統可以運作的代碼，而不會把系統變慢。
16. Use the command "dpkg ——get-selections > pkg.list" to make a full， detailed list of all software I have installed， backup my /etc and /home directories on a separate partition， and you are able to recover your system any time， easily 16.使用"dpkg ——get-selections > pkg.list"命令來獲得一個完整詳盡的已裝軟件列表，備份我的/etc和/home文件夾到一個獨立分區，然後你就可以隨時恢復你的系統了，而且超簡單。
17. Run multiple desktops simultaneously， or even allow multiple users to log in and use the computer simultaneously 17.同時運行多個桌面，甚至可以讓多用戶同時登錄並使用該機器。
18. Resize a hard disk partition without having to delete it and without losing the data on it 18.無損調整分區大小而不用擔心會丟失數據。（譯者注：應該是LVM）
19. Use the same hardware for more than 5 years before it really needs to be replaced……I have some hardware that is nearly 10 years old， running Linux， and still useful 19.硬件可以使用超過五年而無須更換……我甚至有一些硬件都超過10年的歷史了，還依然健在。
20. Browse the web while the OS is being installed！
20.可以在OS安裝的同時浏覽網頁！
21. Use almost any hardware and have a driver for it included with the operating system……eliminating the need to scour the internet to find the hardware manufacturer's website to locate one 21.使用幾乎所有的硬件，因為系統已經自帶了驅動……而不必再去硬件供應商的主頁上去苦苦搜尋。
22. Get the source code for almost anything， including the OS kernel and most of my applications 22.可以任意獲得源代碼，包括OS內核以及我的大多數應用程序