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Ubuntu is a community-developed, free, [[Linux]]-based operating system.  The name, which comes from an [[African]] [[philosophy]], means '[[Humanity]] to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'.

Ubuntu is a community-developed, free, [[Linux]]-based operating system.  The name, which comes from an [[African]] [[philosophy]], means '[[Humanity]] to others', or 'I am what I am because of who we all are'. It is supported by the company, Canonical, is released for free, every 2 years. Ubuntu itself, is based on [[Debian]].

[[Image:Gnomesword large.png|right|thumb|250px|Screenshot of Ubuntu [[Christian]] Edition.]]

[[Image:Gnomesword large.png|right|thumb|150px|Screenshot of Ubuntu 7.04LTS Edition with a few Christian programs running.]]

==Features==

==Features==

==History==

==History==

Ubuntu is written by Canonical Ltd., a company owned by [[Mark Shuttleworth]], a South African entrepreneur.  The first version, called Warty Warthog<ref>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WartyWarthog</ref>, was released in October 2004.  Since then, Canonical has released a new version of Ubuntu every six months.  The current version, Karmic Koala, can be downloaded for free from the Ubuntu website<ref>http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download</ref>.

Ubuntu is written by Canonical Ltd., a company owned by [[Mark Shuttleworth]], a South African entrepreneur.  The first version, called Warty Warthog<ref>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WartyWarthog</ref>, was released in October 2004.  Since then, Canonical has released a new version of Ubuntu every six months.  The current version, Precise Pangolin, can be downloaded for free from the Ubuntu website<ref>http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download</ref>.

It is difficult to measure how many people use Ubuntu, because anyone can freely redistribute copies.  However, it has become very popular for low-cost [[netbook]] computers.

It is difficult to measure how many people use Ubuntu, because anyone can freely redistribute copies.  However, it has become very popular for low-cost [[netbook]] computers.

==Ubuntu Christian Edition==

==Ubuntu Specialized Edition==

Ubuntu [[Christian]] Edition, a version of Ubuntu which offers many features for devout Christians. The Christian Edition includes parental controls and a rich selection of [[Bible]] [[software]]. It also comes with office and productivity software, financial management programs, and inspiring Christian artwork.

Ubuntu also offers many other variants of it's primary operating system, the most popular being Edubuntu, a version specifically designed for educational use, Lubuntu, a lightwieght version, for low power computers, such as notebooks, Ubuntu Phone, a mobile version designed to run on the [[Android]] version of the Linux Kernel, and the other gui versions, like Kubuntu (KDE), and Xubuntu (XFCE)

 

The standard version uses the [[GNOME Desktop|GNOME desktop]] environment.  Other official versions include "Kubuntu", which uses [[KDE]] and "Xubuntu", which uses [[XFCE]].

 

==References==

==References==

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