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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.”
-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
..
+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
.
-*
..[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]
+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]
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-CategoryDistribution
+Part of
CategoryDistribution
