cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1379850
Here is the full series available to read on Mangadex (under a CC license), and direct link to Chapter 1 (of 16).
If you had never heard of this series before, Ubunchu! was published in the Official Ubuntu Magazine Japan periodically between the years of 2008-2013 (with some digital extras afterwards found in chapter 16 on mangadex). The series was released using a CC license and subsequent translations are also CC (plus the translators have directly communicated with the original author).
Chapters 1-8 were translated years ago, but the final chapter was only translated just a couple days ago.
Due to when it was written and published, it is a bit of a time capsule. You can relive some of the formative linux and Ubuntu events of the 21st century such as:
Unity Desktop
The rise of linux mint
OpenOffice & LibreOffice
Ubuntu Touch
I swear one of the few good things MS made is Windows Phone. I gave my mom one back then and she didn't even need much guidance to get used to it. Hell even I like it. It's so intuitive and beautiful aesthetics. Too bad the market was moving to siloed apps back then (and is still staying there now).
After it got lost and have to replace with an Android phone, it took some guidance from me. But it can be argued that she's just used to WP and learning a new UX on a new OS understandably takes some learning and guidance.
Sorry I waxed lyrical about a Big Tech product in a Ubuntu post, but idk I really do feel like they did good with it.
I had a W10 phone at work. The OS and UI were nice, had no issues there. The app selection was a serious bottle neck though. Finding a good flashlight or a calculator was not a trivial task. Anything more complicated than that just simply didn’t exist.