About the Xubuntu Name

The "X" in Xubuntu stands for the Xfce graphical desktop environment, but the word "ubuntu" represents both the technical and philosophical core of the operating system. "Ubuntu" is a South African ethical ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. The word comes from the Zulu and Xhosa languages. Ubuntu (pronounced "oo-BOON-too") is seen as a traditional African concept, is regarded as one of the founding principles of the new republic of South Africa and is connected to the idea of an African Renaissance.

A rough translation of the principle of ubuntu is "humanity towards others". Another translation could be: "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity."

 

"Unha persoa con ubuntu está aberta e disposta para os outros, apoia aos demais, non se sinte ameazada cando os outros están ben porque ten confianza en si mesma que provén de saber que pertence a un todo máis grande que é diminuído cando os outros son humillados ou diminuídos, cando os outros son torturados ou oprimidos".

 
  --Arcebispo Desmond Tutu

Como parte da familia Ubuntu de distribucións baseadas en Linux, o sistema operativo Xubuntu trae o espírito de ubuntu ao mundo do software.