bubuntu.com — The latest in the 'buntu family of Linuces is to be marketed to African Americans. Bubuntu will join Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu in the fastest growing, and to date the most popular, Linux distros. Sources say launch will see a media blitz featuring Bill Cosby (in his first computer endorsement since the TI-99), Oprah and hip-hop star Young Dro.
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midasshruggedAug 9, 2006Submitter
digg effect.
mlmurrayAug 9, 2006
This has got to be a joke (link dead already).
midasshruggedAug 9, 2006Submitter
RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYCCCCCCCCCCIIIIIIIIIISSSSSTTTTTTTT!
motangAug 9, 2006
Lame, the site isn't even up!
gmorganAug 10, 2006
Yes but that can be achieved by theming. I agree that freedom is the key with Linux but why would you fork an entire OS just to add some bling. Just setup a theme with a few scripts and bobs your uncle Ubuntu becomes Bubuntu. I think this is a joke anyway.
starquakeAug 10, 2006
"Download Windows Defender Beta 2 This free program works with Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3 to help prevent spyware from sneaking onto your computer in common ways, such as part of a larger software download."Why not make IE better so it doesn't need that? Same goes for Microsoft Antispiware/antivirus.
jahriichieOct 11, 2007
stop being such a gentlemenz, this s**t is funny.
1drihtAug 20, 2008
Why don't all of you do a little research before freaking out-- damn, this must be how mass hysteria starts. Bubuntu is NOT an official version of Ubuntu, it's NOT officially supported, it's NOT even a fork, but a flavor (only very minor changes were made) and when it was mentioned on the Ubuntu forums: <a class="user" href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=536964%29">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=536964%29</a> ...the creator said nothing along the lines of it being geared towards African Americans, and quite a few posters thought it was a complete waste of time, seeing as there were so few changes made to the distro. Most people just considered it to be one person's personal flavor of Ubuntu being offered for others to download-- and actually wondered why that user even took the time to do it seeing as it had so few changes that it really wasn't any different than just installing Ubuntu itself. If you take a look at the homepage, race isn't even mentioned: <a class="user" href="http://www.Bubuntu.net">http://www.Bubuntu.net</a> (the site is in French, so if you are not a French-speaker, just Google "Bubuntu" and click on the translate option). When the question of what the "B" in the name meant, the creator didn't answer, but seeing as it was created by a French-speaker, the "B" might not mean black or even African American at all.Next time, you people might want to consider having a conscious thought before freaking out and making something so seemingly benign into a race issue-- this seriously makes me wonder what else you people might believe without any question or consideration!!