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I have long been interested in something. I know a lot of things about the history of Ubuntu, but I do not know his name. So, why is Ubuntu named Ubuntu?

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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 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.

https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/about-ubuntu/C/about-ubuntu-name.html

Also this is Release Naming Scheme :

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames

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