Στις 20 Οκτωβρίου 2004 κυκλοφόρησε το Ubuntu 4.10, με κωδική ονομασία "Warty Warthog". Ήταν ένα ξεκίνημα με marketing κάτι που δεν συνηθιζόταν την εποχή εκείνη. Η πρώτη έκδοση του Ubuntu είχε μεγάλη επιτυχία στους users of Linux.
19 years later and Ubuntu continues to lead, from the cloud to the cluster, from desktops to data centers.
Ubuntu 4.10 fit on a single CD. It could detect the computer hardware and automatically configure the drivers. He drastically simplified it installation of X — a real troublemaker at the time!
Canonical has also chosen to offer the Ubuntu CD for free. Anyone could request a copy of the CD release. At the time it was something that did not go unnoticed. For those who remember it was a time when high speed broadband did not exist.
Το αρχικό μότο της διανομής ήταν το "Linux for Human Beings". Ήταν εύστοχο γιατί το Ubuntu, περισσότερο από κάθε διανομή Linux, νοιαζόταν για ολόκληρη την εμπειρία του χρήστη, όχι μόνο για την εγκατάσταση, την choice applications, or the appearance.
Since then we've seen Ubuntu beyond desktop to enterprise, cloud and IoT, due to very good support (the Forums of the distribution leave no question unanswered) and the security offered by Canonical.
Of course I couldn't not mention Debian, the distribution that Ubuntu is based on. Canonical's move at the time was a wise one:
It used the stability of the Debian distribution, with all the conveniences it doesn't offer, that is, for example, the automatic detection and installation of drivers.
