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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''. 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. 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] * [USALug | http://usalug.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4125] * [OSNews | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8407] See also: UbuntuNotes ----- Part of CategoryDistribution
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