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."

 

"Una persona con ubuntu está abierta y disponible a los otros, se afirma en los otros, no se siente amenazada por que otros sean hábiles y bondadosos, puesto que posee una seguridad propia proveniente de la certeza de provenir de un gran todo y es disminuida cuando otros son humillados, torturados u oprimidos."

 
  --Arzobispo Desmond Tutu

Como parte de la familia ubuntu de distribuciones basadas en Linux, el sistema operativo Xubuntu trae el espíritu de ubuntu al mundo del software.