OS Software

Ubuntu is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution. It is named after the Southern African ethical ideology Ubuntu (“humanity towards others”) and is distributed as free and open source software. Ubuntu provides an up-to-date, stable operating system for the average user, with a strong focus on usability and ease of installation.

Ubuntu is a community developed OS, and is completely free of charge. Users can submit their own applications or plug-ins to further customize their own variant of Ubuntu. Other areas where Ubuntu turns to the community for support are documentation, technical support, artwork and bug-testing.

The Ushahidi Engine is a platform that allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline. Our goal is to create the simplest way of aggregating information from the public for use in crisis response.

Ushahidi is a free and open source project with developers hailing from Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Malawi, Netherlands and the USA working on it. They respond very quickly to worldwide crisis & disaster situations using and sharing their platform and by crowdsourcing people worldwide to assist in the effort.