Ubuntu and founder Mark Shuttleworth win new awards

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Ubuntu and its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, both won awards at the Linux New Media Awards at last week's Linux World Expo in Frankfurt, Germany.

The Best Debian Derivative Distribution award was judged by a 200-member international jury from industry and the Open Source community. This is a significant award as it recognises the effort that the Ubuntu team have put into working with Debian in order to produce an easy to use desktop environment, suitable for everyone.

This award follows on from several other prestigious awards that Ubuntu has won since the launch of the latest release, 5.10 in October this year.

The award for Outstanding Contribution to Linux / Open Source was given to Mark Shuttleworth in recognition of his commitment to the development and acceptability of Free and Open Source Software. With projects such as the Shuttleworth Foundation, the Go Open Source campaign, and the establishment of Canonical to provide commercial support for Ubuntu, Mark has shown that Open Source can be a change for the better in all areas of PC usage, in developed and developing countries, and, in particular, schools and colleges across the world.

Mark thanked everyone involved, in particular the Debian community, and added “This is the tipping point for Software Libre – we are starting to see Linux on the desktop become a reality not just for high end power users, but for the rest of the family too. The hard work of hundreds of thousands of anonymous contributors has reached critical mass, our momentum is now unstoppable. It's a great privilege to be part of this quiet revolution.”

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上个礼拜在德国的法兰克福举举行Linux World Expo上Ubuntu和它的创始人Mark Shuttleworth都在Linux新媒体奖上获得殊荣。
最佳Debian衍生发行版奖是由一个来自工业和开源软件社区200人的国际审查委员会所评出的。这个重要的奖项肯定了Ubuntu团队在Debian基础上创造一个简单易用，具有广泛适用性的桌面上的努力。
这是自Ubuntu于今年十月份发行的5.10版本获得诸多殊荣之后的又一个奖项。
Mark Shuttleworth被授予Linux/开源软件杰出贡献奖，以肯定其在自由开放的软件的发展和受认可方面的贡献。借助诸如Shuttleworth基金项目，走向开源战略，以及为Ubuntu提供商业支持的Canonical的成立，Mark已经展示开源可以在全世界的发达国家和发展中国家，尤其是在校园里，给所有电脑应用领域带来一些改善 。
Mark感谢所有参与其中的人，尤其是来自Debian社区的人，他说，“这是软件自由化的一个小起点—我们开始在桌面应用上看到了Linux，而不只是在一些高端用户的电脑上，家庭里的其他成员也可以使用Linux。成千上万的匿名的贡献聚集到一起，我们的势头不可挡的。能够 参与到这个无声的革命中是一种无上的特权。“

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