Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux distribution. The Ubuntu project is officially sponsored by Canonical Ltd which is a company owned by a South African cosmonaut Mark Shuttleworth. The name Ubuntu is taken from the name of a concept of ideology in South Africa, "Ubuntu" comes from the ancient language of Africa, which means "taste perikemanusian against fellow human beings". The purpose of the Ubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit is contained in the Ubuntu Philosophy into the world of software. Ubuntu is a complete Linux-based operating system, freely available and has good support from community and professional experts.
Ubuntu's philosophy as follows:
* That the software should be available free of charge
* That the application software must be used in their respective local languages and for people who have physical limitations, and
* That should have the freedom to modify the software in accordance with what they need.
These freedoms make Ubuntu fundamentally different from proprietary software (proprietary); not just the equipment you need available free of charge, but you also have the right to modify your software until the software works the way you want.
Ubuntu's philosophy as follows:
* That the software should be available free of charge
* That the application software must be used in their respective local languages and for people who have physical limitations, and
* That should have the freedom to modify the software in accordance with what they need.
These freedoms make Ubuntu fundamentally different from proprietary software (proprietary); not just the equipment you need available free of charge, but you also have the right to modify your software until the software works the way you want.