Ubuntu is a South African ethical ideology focusing on<\/p>\n
people’s allegiances and relations with each other. The<\/p>\n
word comes from the Zulu and Xhosa languages. Ubuntu<\/p>\n
(pronounced “oo-boon-too”) is seen as a<\/p>\n
traditional African concept, is regarded as one of the<\/p>\n
founding principles of the new republic of South Africa<\/p>\n
and is connected to the idea of an African Renaissance.<\/p>\n
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A rough translation of the principle of Ubuntu is<\/p>\n
“humanity towards others”. Another<\/p>\n
translation could be: “the belief in a<\/p>\n
universal bond of sharing that connects all<\/p>\n
humanity”<\/p>\n
“A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.”<\/p>\n
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu<\/p>\n
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As a platform based on Linux, the Ubuntu<\/p>\n
operating system brings the spirit of ubuntu to the software<\/p>\n
world.<\/p>\n