uburbanite

Pronounced U-burbanite, from suburbanite.

Students of a large university, or residents of the surrounding area, whose lives (whether or not they like it) are impacted by the U on a daily basis.

Inspired by the University of Minnesota's annoying habit of using the capital letter "U" whenever possible, up to the point of subsituting it for the word "you" whenever possible. This author is sure that other universities have a similar tendancies, but she has not experienced them.

The Uburbanites are up in arms about the new stadium proposal.

The Uburbanites mobbed the University's office, demanding the return of the word "you."

by Lady Chevalier May 26, 2005

Ubuntu

An isiXhosa word that can be freely translated as 'I am, because we are". It emphasizes the role of the community in caring for each othe. The Xhosa is a South African nation, primarily found in the Eastern Cape. Billionaire used the word Ubuntu to describe the freeware that his company distributes.

Ubuntu is the primary reason why impoverished rural communities can continue to survive.

by Freeky June 27, 2015

ubuntu

1. An African phrase meaning "humanity towards others".

2. A distribution of Linux

1. "A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed."

2. Ubuntu is a nice distro. I dual boot between Ubuntu and Windows.

by NeoChaos January 18, 2005

Ubuntu Zealot

A member of the order of Ubuntu, the most devout of the celibate tribes. Followers often tend to live in small packs, often dominated by a matriarch, who by custom, lives in the upper floor of the domicile for twenty to thirty years; although, studies have proven cases often have lifetime arrangements. Members of this order are rarely seen during in the daylight while they practice a self-mutilating practice, performed mostly with thumbs and the use of a biofeedback video device. The most commonly witnessed activity by outsiders, a routine 2 a.m. trip to the corner-shop is known as “nocturnal emission” within the tome of listed rituals. The order preaches it was actually a third lineage of beings that evolved separately from Homo sapiens and the line of apes and other primates. Evidence is scarce, but many scientists accept the possibility upon close examination of the culture.

"Jeff is an Ubuntu zealot. He won't go out with her. He wouldn't know how."

by pierre_abelard October 4, 2009

ubuntulinux

An extremely stable and good Linux distro that runs off of the Gnome desktop environment. Ubuntu is offered free of charge and can be shipped to your home in two formats: a liveboot CD, and also an install CD. Ubuntu is a good OS for people that are new to Linux.

I currently use Ubuntu v5.04.

by Nitrousinacan September 9, 2005

ubuntard

Users, usually new to GNU/Linux and FOSS who confuse common applications with their existence on the Ubuntu distribution. Generally this can be combated by making it explicit that said applications are found on all GNU/Linux distributions.

Can also be associated with users who are under the impression that Ubuntu is superior to all other GNU/Linux distributions despite the fact that said distributions are tailored for specific requirements. In reality none are superior/inferior, just built for different requirements. Eg Gentoo for optimizing for hardware, Debian/Slackware/Fedora for reliability, {U|Ku|Xu}buntu/Mint for user friendliness, etc.

"which one is better Xgl/Compiz or Ubuntu Linux?"

Ubuntard looking at a generic distro using GNOME as the DE: "OMG are you using Ubuntu?!"

by filereaper January 10, 2008

Ubuntero

1. A user of Ubuntu Linux. Also Ubuntite.
2. An Ubuntard.
3. An Ubuntero is a person in the Ubuntu community who has committed to observe the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. Ubunteros are self nominated, and you can become one by signing the code of conduct online (launchpad.net/codeofconduct).
4. A member of the social network for Ubuntu users, developers, and fans at ubuntero.org.

There is more to Linux than Ubuntu, but Ubunteros are often not aware of that.

by Béranger February 5, 2008