Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a FOSS operating system based on Debian-Linux (with a GNOME desktop), and a family of related projects. It is sponsored by Canonical.

Main site: http://www.ubuntu.com/

Ubuntu (Debian Linux distribution)

"The current version of Ubuntu, Intrepid Ibex [8], was released on October 30, 2008, and the upcoming version, Jaunty Jackalope [9], will be released in April, 2009." (Wikipedia)

Ubuntu localisation in Africa

African languages in which Ubuntu is, or is in the process of being, localised:

• Afrikaans - https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-af
• Swahili - https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-sw

Ubuntu "Local Community" (LoCo) teams exist for several African countries https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList (as of 1/2008):

• Cameroon - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CameroonianTeam
• CAR (Sango)
  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ysb-S%C3%A4ng%C3%B6Team
  • http://sango.free.fr/
• Egypt - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EgyptTeam
• Ghana
  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GhanaianTeam
  • http://kasahorow.org/
• Kenya - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KenyanTeam
• Mali
  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaliTeam
  • http://ubuntu.kunnafoni.org/
• Morocco - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MoroccanTeam
• Niger - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NigerTeam
• Nigeria - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NigeriaTeam
• Reunion (Isle de France Creole)
  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReunionTeam
  • http://www.ubuntu-re.org/
• Senegal - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SenegalTeam
• South Africa
  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SouthAfricanTeam
  • http://www.ubuntu-za.org/
• Sudan
  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SudanTeam
  • http://www.7ears.com/
• Tanzania - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TanzanianTeam
• Tunisia
  • https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TunisianTeam
  • http://www.ubuntu-tn.org/

Ubuntu family/variants

According to Wikipedia, the "family" or "variants" of Ubuntu distributions includes:

• Ubuntu (described above)
• Kubuntu, the KDE desktop on top of the Ubuntu core system.
• Xubuntu, the Xfce desktop on top of the Ubuntu core system.
• Edubuntu, the Ubuntu core improved specifically for educational or thin-client environments.
• Gobuntu, a stripped variant of Ubuntu consisting entirely of free software.

Other references & links

Wikipedia, "Canonical Ltd.," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_Ltd.

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