Ubuntu Uberness & Kubuntu Koolness

Linux for human beings!

With free CDs to boot!

Brandon King | Caltech | Oct. 19th, 2006

Mark Shuttleworth - Space Suit

Mark Shuttleworth in space suit

Mark Shuttleworth

• Age 32
• South African Multi-millionaire living in London
• First Python Programmer in Space!
• CEO of Canonical (sponsor of Ubuntu)
• Ubuntu "cheerleader and chief whip"
• Created non-profit Ubuntu Foundation
  • Dontated $10 Million
    • "Ubuntu will continue to rock even if I decide it's time to go back to space and pick the wrong Soyuz." ~Mark Shuttleworth

Why Ubuntu?

• "To fix bug #1 of course. I believe that free software brings us into a new era of technology, and holds the promise of universal access to the tools of the digital era. I drive Ubuntu because I would like to see that promise delivered as reality."

  -Mark Shuttleworth

What does the word Ubuntu mean?

• "Humanity towards others"
• Ubuntu, pronounced /ùbúntú/ (oo-BOON-too), is a sub-Saharan African ethic or ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. The word has its origin in the Bantu languages of Southern Africa. Ubuntu is seen as a traditional African concept. ~Wikipedia

Mark Shuttleworth gone Ubuntu

• Make free software available and easy to use.
• Collaboration Efficiency between Distros!
  • Diffs for Debian (805 google results from packages.debian.org/changelogs for ubuntu)
  • Malone https://launchpad.net/malone/+about
  • Bazaar-NG http://bazaar-vcs.org/
  • HTC https://wiki.launchpad.canonical.com/HCT
  • Rosetta https://launchpad.net/rosetta/

Sudo

• root disabled.
• first user created gets sudo powers.

http://xkcd.com/c149.html

APT

• apt-get, dpkg, aptitude
• higher level
  • Add/Remove Applications (basic method)
  • Adept
  • Synaptic Package Manager
• Somewhere python-apt fits in
• Upgrade icon

sources.list

• main - Free, fully supported (~4,000 packages)
• restricted - Non-free, supported (i.e. nVidia/ATI drivers)
• universe - Free, not supported (disabled by default)
• multiverse - Non-free, not supported (disabled/hidden by default)

Projects

• Ubuntu - Gnome by default
• Kubuntu - KDE by default
• Xubuntu - Xfce by default (light weight gui)
• Edubuntu - Gnome + KDE apps by default, targets education

Did I mention?

• Mark Shuttleworth declared that he wants all addition code written for Ubuntu to be written in Python.
• Even the installer "Ubiquity" is written in Python.
• Bounties for Bugs
• Lots of documentation.
• Free CDs
  • Ubuntu - https://shipit.ubuntu.com
  • Kubuntu - https://shipit.kubuntu.org

Getting multimedia working is easy

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
• apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
• EasyUbuntu - Install non-free, DVD, Windows Media, Quicktime, Replayer, etc. (http://easyubuntu.freecontrib.org/)
• Automatix - Graphical interface for installing non-free multimedia components. (http://www.getautomatix.com/index.php)