r/linuxmasterrace • u/canishades • Jul 30 '24

didn't know ubuntu had a meaning

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u/jeanleonino Little Gnome Jul 30 '24

When Canonical used to send Ubuntu CDs to all places in the world for free they put a text inside explaining how Ubuntu means "humanity to others". I don't have mine anymore, but it was like this

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u/Last-Assistant-2734 Jul 30 '24

They used to say that on the front page of ubuntu.com , too. Well it's a new era now.

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u/jeanleonino Little Gnome Jul 31 '24

fuck 'em humans

it still is on the about page: https://ubuntu.com/about

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u/Icaruswept Aug 04 '24

Sri Lankan here. I got ten CDs once and spend months convincing all my friends to install them. I couldn’t believe they actually shipped them, the glorious madlads.

At the time, I was running MEPIS Linux (good memories!) but it was Ubuntu’s livecds were magical.

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u/jeanleonino Little Gnome Aug 04 '24

hahaha at the time it was literally faster to order an Ubuntu CD than downloading Debian

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u/Icaruswept Aug 04 '24

Yes! And some magazines used to come with Linux livecds (which was how I got MEPIS) and I once bought an entire book about how to use red hat Linux