Ubunchu!

{{Infobox animanga/Header | name = Ubunchu! | ja_kanji = うぶんちゅ！ | ja_romaji = Ubunchu! | image = うぶんちゅ！.svg | caption = logo using Ubuntu colours | genre = Comedy<ref name="author_website" /> }}

{{Infobox animanga/Print | author = Hiroshi Seo | publisher = ASCII Media Works | magazine = Weekly ASCII, Ubuntu Magazine Japan | first = May 14, 2008 | last = June 7, 2013 | volumes = 1 }}

{{Nihongo|'''''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, {{Nihongo|''chu''|ちゅ}}.

== 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 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 ==

;{{Nihongo|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. ;{{Nihongo|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. ;{{Nihongo|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. ;{{Nihongo|Akiha Shinozaki|篠崎あきは}}<ref name="author_website_2015" /> :President of the computer science club, Akiha is in part responsible for the school's IT equipment and generally opposed to FLOSS solutions.

== Release ==

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.<ref name="author_announce_tankoubon" />

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.<ref name="publisher_translation_languages" />

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Chapter !! Original title !! Translated title<ref name="chapter_titles_seotch" /><ref name="chapter_titles_sirtetris" /> !! Published online<ref name="author_website" /><ref name="magazine_website" /> !! 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 || rowspan="4" | Weekly <br />ASCII<ref name="author_announce_ch1" /><ref name="author_announce_ch2" /><ref name="publisher_announce_ch3" /><ref name="publisher_announce_ch4" /> || 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 || rowspan="11" | Ubuntu <br />Magazine <br />Japan<ref name="magazine_website" /> || 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 ==

* [https://aerialline.com/comics/ubunchu Official manga website] {{in lang|ja}} * [https://seotch.wordpress.com/ubunchu English translations (chapters 1–9)] * [https://sirtetris.gitlab.io/ubunchu-translation English translations (chapters 9-15)] plus three special issues

== References == <references>

<ref name="author_website">{{cite web |title=うぶんちゅ！ |date=17 January 2015 |url=http://www.aerialline.com/comics/ubunchu/ |publisher=株式会社架空線 |access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> <ref name="author_website_2015">{{cite web |url=http://www.aerialline.com/comics/ubunchu |title=うぶんちゅ！ (2015-10-11) |publisher=株式会社架空線 |access-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011180602/http://www.aerialline.com/comics/ubunchu |archive-date=11 October 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="magazine_website">{{cite web |url=http://ubuntu.asciimw.jp/cate/5001/ |title=Ubuntu Magazine Japan |publisher=KADOKAWA |access-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326085300/http://ubuntu.asciimw.jp/cate/5001/ |archive-date=26 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="author_announce_ch1">{{cite web |url=http://www.aerialline.com/%e9%80%b1%e5%88%8a%e3%82%a2%e3%82%b9%e3%82%ad%e3%83%bc%e5%a2%97%e5%88%8a%e3%80%80%e3%82%ab%e3%83%b3%e3%82%bf%e3%83%b3ubuntu/ |title=お知らせ - 週刊アスキー増刊カンタンUbuntu! |publisher=株式会社架空線 |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> <ref name="author_announce_ch2">{{cite web |url=http://www.aerialline.com/%E9%80%B1%E5%88%8A%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E5%A2%97%E5%88%8A%E3%80%80%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3ubuntu-2/ |title=お知らせ - 週刊アスキー増刊カンタンUbuntu! 2 |publisher=株式会社架空線 |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> <ref name="publisher_announce_ch3">{{cite web |url=https://weekly.ascii.jp/elem/000/002/600/2600421/ |title=週刊アスキー別冊らくちんUbuntu！新バージョン8.10対応 |publisher=KADOKAWA |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> <ref name="publisher_announce_ch4">{{cite web |url=https://weekly.ascii.jp/elem/000/002/600/2600746/ |title=週刊アスキー別冊さくさくUbuntu！新バージョン9.04対応 |publisher=KADOKAWA |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> <ref name="author_announce_tankoubon">{{cite web |url=http://www.aerialline.com/%e3%80%8c%e3%81%86%e3%81%b6%e3%82%93%e3%81%a1%e3%82%85%ef%bc%81%e3%80%8d%e5%8d%98%e8%a1%8c%e6%9c%ac%e5%8c%96%e6%b1%ba%e5%ae%9a%ef%bc%81/ |title=「うぶんちゅ！」単行本化決定！ |publisher=株式会社架空線 |access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> <ref name="publisher_translation_languages">{{cite web |url=https://store.kadokawa.co.jp/shop/g/g201203000049/ |title=【KADOKAWA公式ショップ】うぶんちゅ！ |publisher=KADOKAWA |access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref> <ref name="chapter_titles_seotch">{{cite web |url=https://seotch.wordpress.com/ubunchu/ |title=Ubunchu! AERIAL LINE |publisher=Hiroshi Seo |access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref> <ref name="chapter_titles_sirtetris">{{cite web |url=https://sirtetris.gitlab.io/ubunchu-translation/ |title=Ubunchu! translation |publisher=Tarek Saier |access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref>

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Category:Comedy anime and manga