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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 LinuxDistributions. 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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