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Why is Ubuntu bad branding? Seems short, memorable, good meaning, original, etc.

• colesantiago 6y ago
  the naming makes it sound like unstable version of linux.
  • deleted 6y ago
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  • joana035 6y ago
    Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term meaning "humanity". It is often translated as "I am because we are", or "humanity towards others", or in Zulu "umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu" or in Xhosa, "umntu ngumntu ngabantu" but is often used in a more philosophical sense to mean "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity" Taken from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy But yes, Ubuntu is based on Debian's Unstable branch.
    • jolmg 6y ago
      When they replied, what I originally had written was "Why is it bad branding?". I thought it would be obvious from the parent comment that I was talking about Ubuntu, but I think they thought I was talking about "Rocky Linux".
• nasalgoat 6y ago
  I suppose it seems like a juvenile name to me.