Jul 18, 2022
Episode 3:02: The Utopic Tale of Ubuntu
Coming up in this episode
1. The origins of the shirts
2. Ubuntu's history
3. And some thoughts on 22.04
Video version
https://youtu.be/PCM-h_0Rqbc
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Audio Timestamps
0:00 Cold Open
1:30 The Origin of the Shirts
6:43 Lubuntu's in the Backporting Biz
9:45 Ubuntu's History
11:30 2004
17:01 2005
20:11 2006
24:01 2007
29:55 2008
36:39 2009
40:16 2010
47:52 2011
55:05 2012
1:02:35 2013
1:10:03 2014
1:15:00 2015
1:20:19 2016
1:25:26 2017
1:28:49 2018
1:31:17 2019
1:33:49 2020
1:35:55 2021
1:37:19 2022
1:39:43 A Couple Thoughts on Ubuntu
1:48:13 A New Distro, and a Thanks!
1:50:26 Stinger
Banter
Dan's Shirt (https://southeastlinuxfest.org)
Leo's Shirt (https://ubuntu.com/blog/build-a-raspberry-pi-desktop-with-an-ubuntu-heart)
Lubuntu Backports are coming! (https://lubuntu.me/jammy-backports-22-04-1-cft/)
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Ubuntu The Saga
Some fast links:
Main Web Page (https://ubuntu.com)
Ubuntu Forums (https://ubuntuforums.org)
AskUbuntu (https://askubuntu.com)
Ubuntu Discourse (https://discourse.ubuntu.com)
Launchpad (https://launchpad.net)
Official Flavours (https://ubuntu.com/desktop/flavours)
Wiki (https://wiki.ubuntu.com)
There are way too many links to get them all!
We gathered a great deal from the official Ubuntu Blog (https://ubuntu.com/blog/)
The Inception (https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1186095&seqNum=3)
Bug #1 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1)
October 20, 2004 Warty Warthog 4.10 was the first release.
Shipit came about the same time (https://web.archive.org/web/20041210114946/http://shipit.ubuntu.com/)
Hoary Hedgehog, 5.04, is released (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-5-04-released) adding KDE and the Kubuntu flavor.
Ubuntu Foundation is Created (https://ubuntu.com/blog/new-ubuntu-foundation-announced)
Warty's 18 months are up (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-4-10-end-of-support-cycle)
Dapper Drake, 6.06, is released (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-6-06-lts-released). To date the only release that was late. Also, Xubuntu joined the family with the Xfce desktop.
Scott James Remnant dubbed it the Late To Ship release (https://netsplit.com/posts/happy-10th-birthday-ubuntu/)
Edgy Eft, 6.10 is released (https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-launches-new-ubuntu-release-for-desktops-and-servers), now with more Upstart (https://upstart.ubuntu.com/)
Launch Pad 1.0 Beta released (https://ubuntu.com/blog/launchpad-1-0-beta-released)
Dell offers Ubuntu 7.04 (https://ubuntu.com/blog/dell-to-offer-ubuntu) on select devices in the US (https://web.archive.org/web/20070503024310/http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/05/01/13147.aspx)
first release of Ubuntu Studio (https://launchpad.net/ubuntustudio/+milestone/feisty-7.04-release)
Gutsy Gibbon, 7.10 Desktop, is released (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-7-10-desktop-edition-released). Mythubuntu and Gobuntu appear here.
Launchpad is released (https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-announces-launch-of-launchpad-personal-package-archive-service-for-developers)
System76 joined the fray (https://ubuntu.com/blog/system76-announces-servers-with-ubuntu-7-10-and-canonical-support-services)
Landscape, system management and monitoring tools for Ubuntu, launches (https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-announces-general-availability-of-systems-management-and-monitoring-tool-landscape-launches-with-free-trial)
Hardy Heron, 8.04 LTS, released for Desktop (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-8-04-lts-desktop-edition-released). Wubi is also released.
Gobuntu has been made redundant (https://web.archive.org/web/20110929075747/https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gobuntu-devel/2008-June/000795.html)
Launchpad 2.0 released (https://news.softpedia.com/news/Canonical-Presents-Launchpad-2-0-91019.shtml)
Canonical open sources Launchpad (https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-releases-source-code-for-launchpad)
Karmic Koala, 9.10 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/HumanReleaseNotes), is relased and so is Ubuntu One (https://launchpad.net/ubuntuone/)
Lucid Lynx, 10.04, released (https://ubuntu.com/blog/reasons-to-celebrate-29th-april-2010) and the first hints of Lubuntu, though not official yet.
Unity announced (https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/383)
Ubuntu and Canonical sites get a facelift (https://ubuntu.com/blog/new-ubuntu-and-canonical-sites). See it here (https://web.archive.org/web/20100601092326/http://www.ubuntu.com/)
Canonical announces Ubuntu Advantage (https://ubuntu.com/blog/new-canonical-services-help-businesses-get-ahead-with-ubuntu-server-and-ubuntu-desktop)
Unity shows lots of improvement (https://ubuntu.com/blog/introduction-to-unity-launcher), but it's NOT A DOCK! (See it in action) (https://vimeo.com/12818039)
Quitter talk - Blog post (https://ubuntu.com/blog/quit)
Shipit comes to an end (https://ubuntu.com/blog/shipit-comes-to-an-end)
Oneiric Ocelot, 11.10, is released. (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/ReleaseNotes?action=show&redirect=OneiricOcelot%2FTechnicalOverview) and Lubuntu becomes official.
The HUD is introduced. (https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/939)
Precise Pangolin, 12.04, is released. (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuDesktop/UbuntuDesktop-12.04) Includes the Heads Up Display (https://web.archive.org/web/20120125082058/https://people.canonical.com/~ories/HUD.m4v)
Favorable reviews of Ubuntu as a whole, but also Unity (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ubuntu-unity-making-the-desktop-seriously-efficient-again/)
The traditional installer/live CD is dead (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/09/its-official-the-ubuntu-livecd-is-dead).
Ubuntu comes to the phone (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-comes-to-the-phone-with-a-beautifully-distilled-interface-and-a-unique-full-pc-capability-when-docked)
Raring Ringtail, 13.04, is released. (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseNotes)
focus on mobile (https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1195) ahead of the 14.04 release
Wubi has unresolved bugs (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-April/036993.html)
Ubuntu Kylin was born
Ubuntu Edge Announced. (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-edge)
Edge fails (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-edge-thank-you) to meet its goal (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge#/)
Ubuntu Kylin hits 1.3m downloads (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-kylin-booms-in-china-with-over-1300000-downloads-in-less-than)
Ubuntu One's file services are being shut down (https://ubuntu.com/blog/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-services)
Ubuntu Mate Remix is announced (https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-remix-inception/)
Mark Shuttleworth announces "Snappy Ubuntu" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlcTDz9ogug)
The BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu edition is available (https://ubuntu.com/blog/bqs-new-aquaris-e4-5-ubuntu-edition-the-smartphone-that-puts-content-and-services-at-your-fingertips)
"Snappy Ubuntu Core" on Raspberry Pi 2 (https://ubuntu.com/blog/snappy-ubuntu-core-on-raspberry-pi-2)
Vivid Vervet 15.04, is released. (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseNotes)
Ubuntu MATE, nearly called Mubuntu (https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/why-not-mubuntu/7279/5), gets its first "official flavor" release
Snapcraft is announced and Snappy Apps are being called Snaps now (https://ubuntu.com/blog/java-on-snappy)
ZFS is coming to Ubuntu (https://ubuntu.com/blog/zfs-licensing-and-linux)
Acknowledgement (https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-app-developer-blog-announcing-new-snap-desktop-launchers) that Snaps don't quite look right a lot of times.
Mark Shuttleworth announces that Ubuntu's Unity experiement has failed (https://ubuntu.com/blog/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence) and Gnome, not Unity8 will be the default ses…