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Ubuntu turns 20: 'Oracular Oriole' shows this old bird's still got plenty of flight
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As much as I don't care to use Ubuntu anymore, I will always be grateful for giving 15-year-old me a comfortable and easy transition into Linux. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago, I think I still have one of the CD-ROMs they used to mail out somewhere.