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Youtux: Why Ubuntu Is Number One

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 9, 2007

[ Thanks to Youtux.org
Team
for this link. ]

I was always wondering why Ubuntu Linux became so popular within
couple of years. There are thousands of other Linux distributions,
some of them are more then 10 years old, but Ubuntu became so
popular in a short period of time.

“The Ubuntu founder, Mark Shuttleworth claims Ubuntu has more
then 8 million users, while others say that ‘I could believe that
there are 8-million total Linux desktops out there…'”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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