[Fwd: Ubuntu wins TUX Readers' Choice Award]

[Jane Silber]

Thanks everyone!

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From: Carlie Fairchild <carlie at ssc.com>
To: info at ubuntulinux.org
Subject: Ubuntu wins TUX Readers' Choice Award
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 01:02:53 -0500

Hi from your friends at TUX Magazine,

We're happy to let you know that our readers have voted to give 
Ubuntu their 2005 Readers' Choice Award. The press release will be 
released on the wire late morning Sept 1 along with an article 
published in the September issue of TUX.

Attached is a Readers Choice banner (125 x 125) exclaiming your win. 
Please let us know if there is anything we can provide you, and most 
importantly again - congratulations!

September 1, 2005 - TUX Magazine, the first and only magazine for 
the new Linux user, today announced the winner of its first-annual 
Readers' Choice Awards for 2005.  TUX is published by SSC 
Publications, Inc.

"We were amazed by both the quantity and quality of the choices that 
were available for TUX's inaugural Readers' Choice Awards," 
commented Carlie Fairchild, SSC Publications' VP of Marketing and 
Sales.  "Not only are the most popular applications getting ever 
more, but many new entrants keep arriving to push the market forward 
by leaps and bounds.  It's clear that desktop Linux has arrived."

The winners, as featured in the September issue of TUX Magazine, are 
as follows:

	Favorite Distribution: Kubuntu/Ubuntu
	Favorite Desktop Environment: KDE
	Favorite Web Browser: Firefox
	Favorite E-Mail Client: Thunderbird
	Favorite Communications Tool: Gaim
	Favorite Mobile Tool: gpilot
	Favorite Productivity Suite: OpenOffice
	Favorite Digital Photo Management Tool: Digikam
	Favorite Music Player: XMMS
	Favorite Media Player: Mplayer
	Favorite Game: Frozen Bubble
	Favorite Design Tool: The GIMP
	Favorite Text Editor: vi
	Best Place to Buy a Linux Desktop or Laptop: Linux Certified

TUX Magazine is a digital, controlled-circulation publication. It is 
available for download free-of-charge at www.TUXMagazine.com.

About TUX
TUX is the first and only magazine for the new Linux user and is 
dedicated to promoting and simplifying the use of Linux on the PC. 
While initially slated to launch as a print magazine, TUX has been 
refocused as a digital-only publication. Digital editions of TUX are 
available for downloaded at no charge from the publication's Web 
site at www.TuxMagazine.com. Further information about TUX is 
available via e-mail at info at TuxMagazine.com, at www.TuxMagazine.com 
or by calling toll-free 888-66-LINUX (5-4689).

About the Publisher
A privately held company, SSC Publications is the leading UNIX, 
Linux and Open Source authority, publishing reference materials in 
these fields since 1983. SSC's properties include LinuxGazette.com, 
ITGarage.com, TuxMagazine.com, LinuxJournal.com, the monthly 
international print magazine Linux Journal, and the digital magazine 
TUX. Additional information can be found at www.SSC.com.

Media Relations Contact:
James Gray
SSC Publications, Inc.
Public Relations Dept.
PO Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155
Phone: +1 517-303-6532
jgray at ssc.com



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