Linux.org: Ulteo: Latin for ‘Yet Another Ubuntu Based Distro’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 17, 2006

“Yogi Berra once said, it’s like ‘deja vu all over again.’ And
that’s the feeling I got using the new Linux distribution
Ulteo.

“As I mentioned, Ulteo is a distribution based on the Ubuntu
code base. What makes its name stand out a bit more (as opposed to
say, Linux Mint) is that it was started by Gaël Duval,
erstwhile chef des opérations of the French Linux developer
MandrakeSoft, makers of Mandrake (now Mandriva) Linux. Duval is
also the second member of the Ransom Love Club. This club consists
of Linux distribution founders fired by their own company…”

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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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