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[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''. Ubuntu also means ''I am what I am because of who we all are
''. 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 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
.
+One of Ubuntu's main strengths is bringing a nice up to date DesktopEnvironment (each
[GNOME] release is followed closely by an Ubuntu release
) 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 has very quickly become one of the most popular and successful Linux distributions. Because of this, WLUG have adopted
is as their official supported distribution for the [2005 Installfest|InstallFest.2005-05-07]
.
-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…
+!Warty Warthog release
-* [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]
+* [Interview with Jeff Waugh | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8286] (an [Ubuntu] team member).
+* [Review at
Extreme Tech | http://www.extremetech.com/article2/,1558,1651228,00.asp]
+* [Review at
USALug | http://usalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4125]
+* [Review at
OSNews | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8407]
+
+See also UbuntuNotes.
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