Ubuntu Look

You know what Ubuntu is, so we will not talk about it in this article. Instead, we’ll talk about some or the most popular Ubuntu-based distributions. There are enough (or not) Linux distributions derived from Ubuntu, so we thought it will be a very good idea to make a list with all of them, or at least the popular ones. The following classification is based on popularity (read: number of downloads each distributions has on Softpedia) and it includes only 100% FREE and English-based distros. Moreover, the following list doesn’t include distributions from the Ubuntu family, like Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, etc, because it will not be fair to include them. So, are you eager to see which one is the best and the most popular? Take a look below!

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I’ve written before about the data collected from Alfresco’s Open Source Barometer survey. While originally a survey of 10,000 members of Alfresco’s “content community” (i.e., those who register with Alfresco to download white papers, documentation, etc.), the survey now includes a swelling population of the community, with 35,000+ members.

The data becomes even more significant when you consider Alfresco’s customer base: a high percentage include the world’s leading financial services, media, publishing, government, and educational institutions.

So when I see Ubuntu at 23 percent of Alfresco’s Linux user base (second only to Red Hat at 35 percent), with 51.3 percent of Alfresco’s users choosing to deploy on Linux (with a scant 26.5 percent opting to deploy on Windows), I take notice.

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 77 for the weeks
February 3rd - February 10th, 2008. In this issue we cover MOTU
Elections, Clutch BitTorrent WebUI, Parallels in the Ubuntu partner
repository, Firefox 3 in 7.10, and much, much more.

”’UWN Translations”’

== In This Issue ==

* MOTU Release Team Election
* Clutch BitTorrent WebUI Package
* In The Press & Blogosphere
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Firefox 3 for 7.10
* Updates & Security
* Bug & Translation Stats
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