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Ubuntu is based on the [[free software|free]] [[Linux]] [[kernel]] and a snapshot of the Debian program tree.  It focuses on ease of use.

Ubuntu is based on the [[free software|free]] [[Linux]] [[kernel]] and a snapshot of the Debian program tree.  It focuses on ease of use.

Ubuntu comes by default with many useful programs, including [[OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice]], [[Bluetooth]], [[Mozilla Firefox]], and (new in version 9.10) [[Ubuntu One]], a free online data backup service.  Ubuntu also offers users the Ubuntu Software Center, which allows them to easily download many free programs, ranging from [[solitaire]] games to [[Integrated Development Environments]].

Ubuntu comes by default with many useful programs, including [[OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice]], [[Bluetooth]], [[Mozilla Firefox]], and (new in version 9.10) [[Ubuntu One]], a free online data backup service.  Ubuntu also offers users the Ubuntu Software Center, which allows them to easily download many free programs, ranging from [[solitaire]] games to [[Integrated Development Environments]].  It has an increasing number of device drivers which allow it to run on most computers.

While installing Ubuntu has traditionally required burning the program image to a [[CD-ROM]], a program called [http://wubi-installer.org Wubi] allows people to install it from inside their current operating system, just like a normal program.

While installing Ubuntu has traditionally required burning the program image to a [[CD-ROM]], a program called [http://wubi-installer.org Wubi] allows people to install it from inside their current operating system, just like a normal program.

==History==

==History==

Ubuntu is written by Canonical Ltd., a company owned by [[Mark Shuttleworth]], a South African billionaire who invented [[SSL]].  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 billionaire who invented [[SSL]].  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 Christian Edition==

==Ubuntu Christian Edition==

* [http://wubi-installer.org/ Wubi installer]

* [http://wubi-installer.org/ Wubi installer]

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