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The Untold Story of Ubuntu

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#ad - Thanks to JetBrains for sponsoring this video. Check out Kotlin Multiplatform, which lets you share production code across Android, iOS, desktop, web, and server-side apps, at - https://kotlinlang.org/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=influencers&utm_campaign=kotlin_codesource_supporter_1 Ubuntu is more than just a Linux distribution; it’s an attempt to rewrite who gets to own computing. This is the story of what happens when a group of free software believers and a millionaire from South Africa decide to build not just “another distro,” but a polished, global operating system based on an idea called humanity toward others. It is one of the most unusual stories in modern tech. A story about how a community that hated corporate control ended up relying on a company to package its freedom. A project that promised openness and transparency, then faced accusations of spying, fragmentation and centralisation. A system that started as a rebellion and became, in many ways, the new establis

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