Ubuntu (operating system)

Ubuntu (originally /ʊˈbuːntʊ/ uu-BOON-tuu, according to the company website /ʊˈbʊntuː/ uu-BUUN-too) is a Debian-based Linux [[operating system and distribution, with Unity as its default desktop environment for personal computers including smartphones in later versions.

Ubuntu also runs network servers.

Principles

It is based on free software and named after the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu (literally, "human-ness"), which often is translated as "humanity towards others" or "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity".

Development and ownership

Development of Ubuntu is led by UK-based Canonical Ltd., a company owned by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth. Canonical generates revenue through the sale of technical support and other services related to Ubuntu.

Public commitment

The Ubuntu project is publicly committed to the principles of open-source software development; people are encouraged to use free software, study how it works, improve upon it, and distribute it.

User interface complaints

This is agonizing for me personally:

• How do I increase the resize margin on windows?

I judge Ubuntu not accessible -- and it must not call itself accessible until it fixes this broken essential feature.

See also

• Free software
• Operating system
• Unix-like

External links

• Official website
• Ubuntu (operating system) @ Wikipedia