---
title: "Ubuntu's #1 bug report"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/6/25/ubuntus-1-bug-report.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/6/25/ubuntus-1-bug-report.html"
published: "2007-06-25T17:22:11"
updated: "2007-06-25T17:22:11"
tags: []
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Ubuntu's #1 bug report is funny and interesting, in that if it's a joke, it's a cool community. If it's for real, it's an even cooler community. Read some comments while you're there. [via Yosi ]"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Ubuntu's \#1 bug report

By Roy Osherove June 25, 2007

**Historical article** · Originally published June 25, 2007; technical details may be outdated.

[Ubuntu's #1 bug report](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1) is funny and interesting, in that if it's a joke, it's a cool community. If it's for real, it's an even cooler community. Read some comments while you're there.

\[via [Yosi](http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/yosit/archive/2007/06/26/16542.aspx)\]


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