Ubuntu Tips n Tricks

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Posted: 07 Oct 2009 05:51 AM PDT

I just found out that there's a brand of soft drink with the same name as the popular Linux distribution. For those of you who don't know this yet, let me introduce you to Ubuntu Cola. Also named after the African philosophy, it is made in the United Kingdom and with a key ingredient that is Fair Trade Certified.

Ubuntu Cola's sugar came from Fairtrade worker cooperatives in Kasinthula, Malawi and Kaleya, Zambia. Farmers who are members of the Fairtrade cooperative at Kasinthula receive an income of $4 a day, which is really good considering that it is six times bigger than the national average income.

Ubuntu Cola can also be purchased in other countries like Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Belgium, France, and you can even buy it online. It is available in 330ml cans, 500ml PET plastic bottles, and 275ml glass bottles. Below is a "real" photo of Ubuntu Cola in can:

I also found out that Microsoft has made its own soft drink brand that's appropriately called Windows Cola. I have no further details regarding Windows Cola but something tells me that it could look like this: