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Everything about Ubuntu
Linux distribution developed by Canonical
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed primarily of free and open-source software. Developed by the British company Canonical and a community of contributors under a meritocratic governance model, Ubuntu is released in multiple official editions: Desktop, Server, and Core for IoT and robotic devices. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: UbuntuA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Understanding Ubuntu and its contribution to social work education in Africa and other regions of the worldInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Ubuntu Linux toolboxThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Building competitive advantage from ubuntu: Management lessons from South AfricaCited 280 times
- Go sideways: Ubuntu version historyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Long-term supportA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Building competitive advantage from ubuntu: Management lessons from South Africa
The African ethic of Ubuntu/Botho : implications for research on morality
In Defence of Ubuntu
African Ubuntu Philosophy and Global Management
What is Ubuntu ,? Different Interpretations among South Africans of African Descent
The Historical Development of the Written Discourses onUbuntu
The end of ubuntu
Ubuntu in South Africa: a sociolinguistic perspective to a pan-African concept
🆕 Influential since 2022
Understanding Ubuntu and its contribution to social work education in Africa and other regions of the world
The ethics of artificial intelligence, UNESCO and the African Ubuntu perspective
The role of the African value of Ubuntu in global AI inclusion discourse: A normative ethics perspective
Ubuntu philosophy, values, and principles: An opportunity to do social work differently
African Ubuntu and Sustainable Development Goals: seeking human mutual relations and service in development
📚 Books worth reading
Ubuntu Linux toolboxChristopher Negus · 2007
The Official Ubuntu BookMatthew Helmke, Elizabeth K. Joseph · 2009
Ubuntu for Non-GeeksRickford Grant · 2006
Being AfrikanMandivamba Rukuni · 2007- 📕Unfolding Narratives of Ubuntu in Southern AfricaJulian Müller, John Eliastam · 2018
- 📕Integral Ubuntu LeadershipPassmore Musungwa Matupire · 2016
Ubuntu and Western MonotheismKirk Lougheed · 2021
A Relational Model of Public DiscourseLeyla Tavernaro-Haidarian · 2018
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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