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Right, but it's clear that this philosophy is the inspiration for the distro:

- the ubuntu linux logo is 3 people holding hands

- their homegrown desktop manager is/was called "unity"

- GPL/FOSS sort of = 'a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity'

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Worth pointing out that the FSF have specifically called out Canonical/Ubuntu, for failing to behave in keeping with Free Software values. [0]

Stallman has also mentioned Ubuntu in his talks, as a rare counterexample of how Free software is generally free from functionality that acts against the user's interests.

[0] https://www.fsf.org/blogs/rms/ubuntu-spyware-what-to-do

Sure, but ideological purity claims seem distracting from the from the conversation about the word "Ubuntu".

rms is a Saint, His virtue is unyielding to mortal pleasures. Such extreme asceticism is certainly not for everyone, so you shouldn't hold it against Canonical, for you are a sinner yourself.

Even if I am a sinner, I only sin against myself. Canonical has no such compunctions.

If free software jesus issues a fatwa against Ubuntu then I'm going to avoid it regardless.

> Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It is often described as reminding us that ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. We bring the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers and software. The Ubuntu distribution represents the best of what the world’s software community has shared with the world.

https://ubuntu.com/about

Funny bit of Ubuntu history: It was almost "Canonical Linux" by the company "Ubuntu", but it didn't take much for the founding employees to convince Mark that it should be the other way around. I don't think any of us had heard of it before, and were absolutely blown away by how similar it was to the way we thought about FLOSS.

Yes, and Mark Shuttleworth is from South Africa and was well aware of this philosophy when creating the distro.

Well yeah... and the distro is literally called Ubuntu.

Yeah well, Ubuntu is also the distribution that uses Snaps. Canonical is horrible.

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