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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__ is an African word, meaning '''Humanity To Others'''. The Ubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world."
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+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.
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/article2/0,1558,1651228,00.asp]
