[mgomez]

The one without the "y":

> Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others’. It can also be interpreted as ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. The Ubuntu operating system brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computing. And one last extra question for the road…

> How do you pronounce Ubuntu? Many people don’t get it right the first time, but it’s pronounced: oǒ’boǒntoō.

> There’s no ‘y’ at the beginning!

https://ubuntu.com/blog/top-10-questions-about-ubuntu

[ngumuntu]

Just a little correction. The word ubuntu is not ancient. It's still in use today and more than 100 million people subscribed to the spirit of ubuntu. What qualifies me to correct an FAQ of a conglomerate? I belong to a group of people who are classified as Bantu and own the word.

While Mark Shuttleworth is originally from South Africa, where bantu people originates, he was not classified as a Bantu by apartheid government. Which is strange because the word Bantu means people. During our dark days of apartheid, as in less than 30 years ago, areas designated for black only were called bantustans.

umuntu, also(muthu, motho) = person bantu, vhathu, batho, etc = people ubuntu, vhuthu, botho, etc = normal behaviour of a human being.

We are still called bantu(people) and ubuntu is our way of life. Ok. Theoretically.

[OJFord]

I don't read 'ancient' as necessarily meaning archaic or obsolete, you can both be correct.

[mtlynch]

Thanks!