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Ubunchu!

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Ubunchu!
logo using Ubuntu colours
うぶんちゅ!
(Ubunchu!)
GenreComedy[1]
Manga
Written byHiroshi Seo
Published byASCII Media Works
MagazineWeekly ASCII, Ubuntu Magazine Japan
Original runMay 14, 2008June 7, 2013
Volumes1

Ubunchu! (うぶんちゅ!) is a comedy manga serialized in ASCII Media Works' Weekly ASCII and Ubuntu Magazine Japan between May 2008 and June 2013. Its name is a play on words combining the Linux distribution Ubuntu and a Japanese onomatopoeia for a kiss, chu (ちゅ).

Plot

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The story follows the activities of the three members of the Ichinomiya Prefectural High School's system administration club (part of the wider IT club). Each chapter is focused on a certain aspect of the Ubuntu operating system or a related topic, such as command-line interfaces, input methods, Linux Mint, or software licensing.

Characters

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Akane Kisaragi (如月 あかね)
President of the system administration club, Akane is a *nix evangelist and very knowledgeable about network and Linux system administration.
Masato Midō (御堂 マサト)
Vice-president of the system administration club, Masato is a Windows user and very versed in internet culture.
Risa Shiina (椎名 里沙)
The system administration club's only regular member, Risa is a Mac user and not very skilled with computers except for media design.
Akiha Shinozaki (篠崎 あきは)[2]
President of the computer science club, Akiha is in part responsible for the school's IT equipment and generally opposed to FLOSS solutions.

Release

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Besides print publication in ASCII Media Works' magazines, most of the manga's chapters are freely available online and released under a Creative Commons license. Furthermore, a tankōbon was published in 2012 containing the first eight chapters as well as two short extra stories.[3]

Because of its release under a permissive license allowing use in derivative works, Ubunchu! has been translated to at least 17 different languages by fans.[4]

Chapter Original title Translated title[5][6] Published online[1][7] Published in print Magazine Volume
1 うぶんちゅがやって来た! "Ubunchu" has come along! 2008-11-25 2008-05-14 Weekly
ASCII[8][9][10][11]
カンタンUbuntu!
2 CUIとコビトとお姉さま CLI with gnomes! 2009-05-26 2008-07-29 カンタンUbuntu!2
3 フォーラムデビューはまだ早い? Time for the Forums to debut? 2009-11-25 2008-11-26 らくちんUbuntu!
4 三匹のうさぎたち The Three Bunnies 2009-11-30 2009-05-27 さくさくUbuntu!
5 ビッグシスター参上! Big Sister Arrives! 2010-02-20 2009-09-29 Ubuntu
Magazine
Japan[7]
1
6 コアラにうってつけの日 A Perfect Day for Koala 2011-05-27 2009-11-30 2
7 アルティメット・インストールフェスト! The Ultimate Installfest! 2010-09-04 2010-02-23 3
8 今日はもうMooしましたか? Have You Mooed Today? 2011-05-27 2010-05-31 4
9 日本語入力革命カナメ Revolutionary IME Kaname 2012-06-10 2010-08-31 5
10 インターフェース戦争勃発!? Outbreak of an interface war!? 2012-06-17 2011-12-10 6
11 お嬢様は老執事がお好き!? My lady is fond of her old butler!? 2012-06-24 2012-03-09 7
12 妹系覇権ディストリ!ミントちゃん Rule of a sister distro! Mint-chan 2012-09-11 2012-06-11 8
13 伝統ある文芸部の分裂 Break-up of a long-standing literature club 2013-03-08 2012-09-06 9
14 あなたのハードを動かし隊! Smooth operators of hardware and hearts 2013-07-31 2012-11-30 10
15 Ubuntu Touchは見た!? Have you seen Ubuntu Touch!? - 2013-06-07 2013 Summer
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References

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  1. ^ a b "うぶんちゅ!". 株式会社 架空線. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ "うぶんちゅ! (2015-10-11)". 株式会社 架空線. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ "「うぶんちゅ!」単行本化決定!". 株式会社 架空線. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. ^ "【KADOKAWA公式ショップ】うぶんちゅ!". KADOKAWA. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Ubunchu! AERIAL LINE". Hiroshi Seo. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Ubunchu! translation". Tarek Saier. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Ubuntu Magazine Japan". KADOKAWA. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  8. ^ "お知らせ - 週刊アスキー増刊 カンタンUbuntu!". 株式会社 架空線. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  9. ^ "お知らせ - 週刊アスキー増刊 カンタンUbuntu! 2". 株式会社 架空線. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  10. ^ "週刊アスキー別冊 らくちんUbuntu! 新バージョン8.10対応". KADOKAWA. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  11. ^ "週刊アスキー別冊 さくさくUbuntu! 新バージョン9.04対応". KADOKAWA. Retrieved 5 December 2021.