Voted for by the public, at this year's Linux Expo in the UK, Ubuntu Linux won the Best Distribution category

(PRWEB) October 12, 2005 -- Ubuntu Linux has won the prestigious "Best Linux/Open Source Distribution" award at this year's UK Linux and Open Source Awards, after the readership of Linux User & Developer voted for their favourite Linux Distribution.

In just under a year, Ubuntu has grown to be one of the most respected versions of Linux, being the most popular distribution on Distrowatch for over six months, as well as winning the inaugural Tux Magazine's Favourite Distribution award in September this year.

On receiving the award on the 6th October, Mark Shuttleworth thanked everyone involved, especially the many developers in the Debian community, without whom, Ubuntu would not have been possible.

With the new release of Ubuntu due soon, Canonical hope to take Ubuntu to even more people across the world, and, of course, win more awards.

More details of the Linux User and Developer awards can be found at http://www.linuxawards.co.uk/content/view/26/42/ and the Tux Magazine Awards can be found at http://www.tuxmagazine.com/node/1000151

About Ubuntu

Since its launch in October 2004, Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions, with millions distributed and in use around the world. Based on Debian, Ubuntu will always be free, and will not have restrictive licences associated with it. With these goals in mind at all times, Ubuntu aims at being the most widely used of all Linux systems, and is the centre of a global open source software ecosystem. http://www.ubuntu.com

About Canonical

Canonical Ltd. is committed to the development, distribution and promotion of open source software products, and to providing tools and support to the open source community. With a global organisation headquartered in the Isle of Man, Canonical has employees throughout Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Australia. http://www.canonical.com

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