[vox] Why Ubuntu, Kubuntu?

[Kevin Schultz]

Saw this today and it brought a smile to my face:

http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/ubunchu-the-ubuntu-manga-is-now-in-english/

Very cute. :)

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Brian Lavender <brian at brie.com> wrote:

> Only two more days until Jaunty comes out! My Dell Mini 9 with 8.04
> works great.
>
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:51:24AM -0800, David Waetjen wrote:
> >    Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu (he initially donated like 10
> >    million to get it started) is working hard to bring Open Source in
> >    Africa (I believe he is South African).  He has helped get Africaans
> >    and Xhosa translated for linux...  A rich bastard, but he spreads his
> >    wealth and seems to work hard to make a difference.  [1]
> >    http://www.markshuttleworth.com/
> >
> >    On 2/17/06, David Hummel <[2] dhml at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >      On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 08:58:21AM -0800, Bob Scofield wrote:
> >      >
> >      > I've noticed from reading Distro Watch, and reading the LUGOD
> >      lists
> >      > that Ubuntu and Kubuntu are very popular.  I understand these to
> >      be
> >      > Debian offshoots.  Why are these so popular?
> >      Ease of installation primarily (the install kernel configuration
> >      seems
> >      to work on a wide variety of hardware).  And access to more recent
> >      versions of software through the universe and multiverse
> >      repositories.
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> > References
> >
> >    1. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/
> >    2. mailto:dhml at comcast.net
> >    3. mailto:vox at lists.lugod.org
> >    4. http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox
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