--- title: Ubuntu wins TUX award description: Ubuntu and Kubuntu have been awarded the TUX Magazine Readers Choice Award for 2005 TUX Magazine is aimed at the new Linux user, and currently has over 50,000 registered readers. Firefox and OpenOffice.org also won in their categories, of which there were 14 in total. “We were amazed by both the quantity and quality of […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-wins-tux-award?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 14 February 2007 # Ubuntu wins TUX award [Award](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/award) --- Share the article Ubuntu and Kubuntu have been awarded the TUX Magazine Readers Choice Award for 2005 TUX Magazine is aimed at the new Linux user, and currently has over 50,000 registered readers. Firefox and OpenOffice.org also won in their categories, of which there were 14 in total. “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.” [See the press release from TUX Magazine here](http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-01-2005/0004098632&EDATE=) [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Mobile World Congress 2017. One for the records – bigger and better!](https://canonical.com/blog/mobile-world-congress-2017-one-for-the-records-bigger-and-better) Mobile World Congress was one for the record books! For starters, we blew-out last year’s number of visitors to Canonical’s Ubuntu booth. The mixture was consumer targeting... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 9 March 2017 [### Canonical wins Orange Award for Converged Computing at MWC 17](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-wins-orange-award-for-converged-computing-at-mwc-17) BARCELONA, Spain – February 28, 2017 – Canonical announced today it was awarded the Orange Outstanding achievement for converged computing & digital openness at the Orange... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 28 February 2017 [### Linux Magazine names Canonical as top 20 companies to watch in 2007](https://canonical.com/blog/linux-magazine-names-canonical-as-top-20-companies-to-watch-in-2007) Canonical Ltd today announced that it has been named one of the ‘Top 20 Companies to Watch in 2007’ by Linux Magazine. Canonical was selected as one of the companies best... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 3 December 2007 [### Ubuntu 7.04 wins a “100 Best Products of 2007 Award” from PC World](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-7-04-wins-a-100-best-products-of-2007-award-from-pc-world) Ubuntu 7.04, commercially sponsored by Canonical Ltd., was honored by PC World with a 100 Best Products of 2007 Award. The article is available now on PCWorld.com, and will... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 23 May 2007