Ubuntu User is a paper magazine that was launched by Linux New Media AG in May 2009.

The publication is aimed at users of the Ubuntu

Ubuntu (operating system)

Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu...

 operating system

Operating system

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 and focuses on reviews, community news, how to articles and troubleshooting tips. It also includes a Discovery Guide aimed at beginners.

Background

Ubuntu User is published quarterly. The paper magazine is supported by a website that includes a selection of articles from the magazine available to the public as PDFs

Portable Document Format

Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....

, Ubuntu news and free computer wallpaper

Computer wallpaper

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 downloads.

Issue number one consisted of 100 pages (including covers) and in its North American edition had a cover price of US$15.99 and Cdn$

Canadian dollar

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17.99. Each issue also includes an Ubuntu live CD

Live CD

A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...

 in the form of a DVD

DVD

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 that new users can use to try out Ubuntu or to install it.

Linux New Media is headquartered in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Germany and has offices of its US subsidiary, Linux New Media USA, LLC, in Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...

. The company also publishes Linux Pro Magazine, Linux Magazine

Linux Magazine

Linux Magazine is a European professional journal. It addresses itself to readers who work professionally with operating systems based around the Linux kernel. Linux Magazine is published by Linux New Media AG and was born after the great success of Linux-Magazin...

, Linux-Magazin

Linux-Magazin

Linux-Magazin is a German professional journal. It addresses itself to readers who work professionally with the Linux operating system. The Linux Magazin is the second oldest magazine about Linux in the world...

, LinuxUser, EasyLinux in German, Linux Community, Linux Magazine Brasil, Linux Magazine Spain and Linux Magazine Poland.

Reception

In announcing the launch of the magazine, the company said:
DistroWatch

DistroWatch

DistroWatch is a website which provides news, popularity rankings, and other general information about various Linux distributions as well as other free software/open source Unix-like operating systems such as OpenSolaris, MINIX and BSD. It now contains information on several hundred distributions...

questioned the wisdom of launching a new paper magazine at this point in history:
Linux reviewer Ken Hess gave the first issue a very positive reception, saying:

External links

• Official website