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Ubuntu and its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, both won awards at the Linux New Media Awards at last week's Linux World Expo in Frankfurt, Germany
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(PRWEB)
November 28, 2005 -- The Best Debian Derivative Distribution award was
judged by a 200 member international jury from industry and the Open
Source community. This is a significant award as it recognises the
effort that the Ubuntu team have put into working with Debian in order
to produce an easy to use desktop environment, suitable for everyone.
This award follows on from several other prestigious awards that Ubuntu
has won since the launch of the latest release, 5.10 in October this
year.
The award for Outstanding Contribution to Linux / Open Source was given
to Mark Shuttleworth in recognition of his commitment to the
development and acceptability of Free and Open Source Software. With
projects such as the Shuttleworth Foundation, the Go Open Source
campaign, and the establishment of Canonical to provide commercial
support for Ubuntu, Mark has shown that Open Source can be a change for
the better in all areas of PC usage, in developed and developing
countries, and, in particular, schools and colleges across the world.
Mark thanked everyone involved, in particular the Debian community, and
added “This is the tipping point for Software Libre – we are starting
to see Linux on the desktop become a reality not just for high end
power users, but for the rest of the family too. The hard work of
hundreds of thousands of anonymous contributors has reached critical
mass, our momentum is now unstoppable. It's a great privilege to be
part of this quiet revolution.”
Details of these and other awards can be found at http://www.linuxnewmedia.de/en and at http://www.linux-magazine.com/CustomerService/Exclusive/2005_Linux_New_Media_Awards.html
The Shuttleworth Foundation website is http://www.tsf.org.za/ and the Go Open Source Project can be found at http://www.go-opensource.org/
About Ubuntu
Since its launch in October 2004, Ubuntu has become one of the most
highly regarded Linux distributions, with millions users around the
world. Ubuntu will always be free, and will not have restrictive
licences associated with it. With these goals in mind at all times,
Ubuntu aims at being the most widely used of all Linux systems and at
the centre of a global open source software ecosystem. Find out more
about Ubuntu at www.ubuntu.com.
About Canonical
Canonical Ltd. is committed to the development, distribution and
promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and
support to the open source community. Canonical, a global organisation
headquartered in the Isle of Man, has employees in Europe, North
America, South America, Africa and Australia.
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