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Xubuntu is developed and supported by a quickly growing community. The project is sponsored by <ulink url="http://www.canonical.com">Canonical Ltd.</ulink>, a holding company founded by Mark Shuttleworth. Canonical employs the core Ubuntu developers and offers support and consulting services for Ubuntu. More information about Canonical's support offerings can be found on the <ulink url="http://www.canonical.com">Canonical website</ulink>.
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Although Canonical does not provide professional consulting services support for Xubuntu at this time, Xubuntu user support is available through the Xubuntu community. Information regarding community support can be found at the <ulink url="http://www.xubuntu.org/help">Help & Support</ulink> page of the Xubuntu website.
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The <ulink url="http://www.kernel.org">Linux kernel</ulink>, pronounced 'linnuks' is the heart of the Xubuntu operating system. A kernel is an important part of any operating system, providing the communication bridge between hardware and software.
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People in this community gave rise to initiatives such as Ubuntu, standards committees that shape the development of the Internet, organizations like the Mozilla Foundation, responsible for creating Mozilla Firefox, and countless other software projects from which you've certainly benefited in the past.
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The <emphasis>GNU Project</emphasis>, pronounced “guh-noo”, was launched in 1984 to develop a complete UNIX style operating system which is comprised of free software: the GNU system. Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the Linux kernel, are now widely used.
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The GNU project is closely linked to the philosophy of free software, which is central to the projects that derive from it, such as Ubuntu. The concept of free software is explained at <xref linkend="free-software"/>.
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