Ubunchu!
| Ubunchu! | |
 logo using Ubuntu colours | |
| うぶんちゅ！ (Ubunchu!) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hiroshi Seo |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Magazine | Weekly ASCII, Ubuntu Magazine Japan |
| Original run | May 14, 2008 – June 7, 2013 |
| Volumes | 1 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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 |
External links
[edit]- Official manga website (in Japanese)
- English translations (chapters 1–9)
- English translations (chapters 9-14)
References
[edit]- ^ "【KADOKAWA公式ショップ】うぶんちゅ！". KADOKAWA. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Ubunchu! AERIAL LINE". Hiroshi Seo. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Ubunchu! translation". Tarek Saier. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Ubuntu Magazine Japan". KADOKAWA. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.