It'll save time in the long run, hunting for software on the net, downloading the files, extracting them, and then installing them by a click through method 
Sometimes you do have to do this on Linux, but the process is much easier. Notable exception is when you have to compile the source code, but that hardly ever happens with Ubuntu
Sometimes you do have to do this on Linux, but the process is much easier. Notable exception is when you have to compile the source code, but that hardly ever happens with Ubuntu
