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| Newer page: | version 6 | Last edited on Saturday, December 25, 2004 6:06:39 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
| Older page: | version 5 | Last edited on Sunday, December 19, 2004 4:14:56 pm | by MattBrown | Revert |
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-[Ubuntu | http://www.ubuntulinux.org/] is a [Debian]
-based LinuxDistribution. It is developed by [Canonical | http://www.canonical.com/], a company founded by South African philanthropist [Mark Shuttleworth | http://www.markshuttleworth.com/], who made a lot of money off [Thawte | http://www.thawte.com]. According to its site,
+[Ubuntu | http://www.ubuntulinux.org/] is a DebianLinux
-based LinuxDistribution. It is developed by [Canonical | http://www.canonical.com/], a company founded by South African philanthropist [Mark Shuttleworth | http://www.markshuttleworth.com/], who made a lot of money off [Thawte | http://www.thawte.com]. According to its site,
- "__
Ubuntu__
is an African word, meaning '
''Humanity To Others'
''. The Ubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world."
+ “''
Ubuntu''
is an African word, meaning ''Humanity To Others''. The Ubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.”
-One of Ubuntu's main strengths is bringing a nice up to date desktop
(Gnome
2.8) to the architecture and package breadth of Debian
. Ubuntu is also committed to a 6 month release cycle, with 18 months of security and dataloss upgrades. While still a very young distribution
in the scheme of things it has a lot of potential and it will be interesting to see where it is in another 6 months time.
+One of Ubuntu's main strengths is bringing a nice up to date DesktopEnvironment
([GNOME]
2.8) to the architecture and package breadth of DebianLinux
. Ubuntu is also committed to a 6 month release cycle, with 18 months of security and dataloss upgrades. While still a very young LinuxDistribution
in the scheme of things it has a lot of potential and it will be interesting to see where it is in another 6 months time.
-You can read an [Interview with Jeff Waugh | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8286] (an [Ubuntu] team member). There are also reviews at..
+You can read an [Interview with Jeff Waugh | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8286] (an [Ubuntu] team member). There are also reviews at…
-* ..
[Extreme Tech | http://www.extremetech.com/article2/,1558,1651228,00.asp]
-* ..
[USALug | http://usalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4125]
-* ..
[OSNews | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8407]
+* [Extreme Tech | http://www.extremetech.com/article2/,1558,1651228,00.asp]
+* [USALug | http://usalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4125]
+* [OSNews | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8407]
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-CategoryDistribution
+Part of
CategoryDistribution
