is a comedy manga serialized in

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’ ''Weekly ASCII'' and ''Ubuntu Magazine Japan'' between May 2008 and June 2013. Its name is a play on words combining the

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'' and a Japanese

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for a kiss, .

Plot

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 focussed on a certain aspect of the Ubuntu operating system or a related topic, such as

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, or

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Characters

; :President of the system administration club, Akane is a *nix evangelist and very knowledgeable about network and Linux system administration. ; :Vice-president of the system administration club, Masato is a Windows user and very versed in internet culture. ; :The system administration club’s only regular member, Risa is a Mac user and not very skilled with computers except for media design. ; :President of the computer science club, Akiha is in part responsible for the school’s IT equipment and generally opposed to

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solutions.

Release

Besides print publication in

’ magazines, most of the manga's chapters are freely available online and released under a

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. Furthermore, a

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was published in 2012 containing the first eight chapters as well as two short extra stories. 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.

External links

Official manga website

English translations (chapters 1–9)English translations (chapters 9-14)

References

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