Ubunchu!

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).

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, 2008 – June 7, 2013
Volumes1

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 command-line interfaces, input methods, Linux Mint, or software licensing.

Characters
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

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]

ChapterOriginal titleTranslated title[5][6]Published online[1][7]Published in printMagazineVolume
1うぶんちゅがやって来た！“Ubunchu” has come along!2008-11-252008-05-14Weekly
ASCII[8][9][10][11]		カンタンUbuntu!
2ＣＵＩとコビトとお姉さまCLI with gnomes!2009-05-262008-07-29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?2009-11-252008-11-26らくちんUbuntu!
4三匹のうさぎたちThe Three Bunnies2009-11-302009-05-27さくさくUbuntu!
5ビッグシスター参上！Big Sister Arrives!2010-02-202009-09-29Ubuntu
Magazine
Japan[7]		1
6コアラにうってつけの日A Perfect Day for Koala2011-05-272009-11-302
7アルティメット・インストールフェスト！The Ultimate Installfest!2010-09-042010-02-233
8今日はもうMooしましたか？Have You Mooed Today?2011-05-272010-05-314
9日本語入力革命カナメRevolutionary IME Kaname2012-06-102010-08-315
10インターフェース戦争勃発！？Outbreak of an interface war!?2012-06-172011-12-106
11お嬢様は老執事がお好き！？My lady is fond of her old butler!?2012-06-242012-03-097
12妹系覇権ディストリ！ミントちゃんRule of a sister distro! Mint-chan2012-09-112012-06-118
13伝統ある文芸部の分裂Break-up of a long-standing literature club2013-03-082012-09-069
14あなたのハードを動かし隊！Smooth operators of hardware and hearts2013-07-312012-11-3010
15Ubuntu Touchは見た！？Have you seen Ubuntu Touch!?-2013-06-072013 Summer

References
  1. "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. "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.
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