Bonus Review: Ubunchu! #01

Title: Ubunchu!
Issue: #01
Date: 2008
Publisher: Aerial Line
Writer: Hiroshi Seo
Art: Hiroshi Seo, Arturo Silva
Translations: Fumihito Yoshida, Hajime Mizuno
Editor: Martin Owens

This manga minicomic is all about the Linux Ubuntu operating system (in spite of the fact that one of the lead characters insists on pronouncing it "Ubunchu!"). Matsano and Akane are the two leaders of the System Admins club, and they can never agree on, well, apparently on anything technology-related. When Risa, the only other club member, recommends Linux Ubuntu for the club's new desktop, can she possibly get the two officers to stop bickering long enough to hear her out.

This is a minicomic freebie done in manga format to promote the Linux Ubuntu operating system. It's funny in places and informative in places, but the dialogue is very jumpy, and in spite of the overall message that Linus is easy to install and use, the book bogs down in technical jargon on occasion.

Rating: 6/10

My plan is to finish up Arisia with no net gain to my unread comics pile, so this is a bonus review for today! More to come!