The first version of Ubuntu Linux... How well does it hold up?
(7 July 2025) Of all of the Linux distros, probably the one I've been exposed to (and have used) the most is Ubuntu. And I've heard many things about its different versions. So today, I want to look at the original, first version of it, version 04.10, released in October 2004.
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Software used
- DaVinci Resolve 20.0
- Audacity 3.7.4
- Paint.NET 5.1.x
Music (in chronological order)
- "Synergy" by Geographer
- "Above Planets" by Patrick Patrikios
- "Morpho Diana" by Rachel K Collier
- "Bright Idea" by Geographer
- "Komputo" by Francis Preve
Works Cited
- "Canonical (company)", Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia. 2025 June 17, accessed 2025 July 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_(company)
- "Ubuntu", Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia. 2025 July 5, accessed 2025 July 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu
- "Ubuntu version history", Wikipedia contributors, Wikipedia. 2025 June 7, accessed 2025 July 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_version_history
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040918053824/https://canonical.com/
Media used
- arch-legacy-blue1.png by Judd Vinet, Aaron Griffin and Levente Polyák - https://archlinux.org/art/, GPL, https://archlinux.org/static/logos/legacy/arch-legacy-blue1.svg
- Debian-OpenLogo.svg.png - Debian, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Gnomelogo.svg.png By Sven, Bruce89 and VulcanSphere - http://www.gnome.org/logo-and-trademarks/, LGPL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=907416
- GNU_arch_logo.png - The logo is from the following website: http://www.gnu.org/ http://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-arch/graphics/octopus-a-small.png, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18001385
- GPL.Logos.ArchLinux.png - Arch Linux Logo By Judd Vinet, Aaron Griffin and Levente Polyák - https://archlinux.org/art/, GPL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=123920819
- Lenovo_ThinkPad_T420s_and_T520_with_fresh_install_of_Ubuntu.jpg by Maxim Chervonny, CC BY 2.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- Mozilla_Firefox_3.5_logo.png by Mozilla Foundation (MPL 1.1 - https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/1.1/ or GPL - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html or LGPL - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html ) - via Wikimedia Commons
- Old_Laptop_Running_Ubuntu_Linux.jpg by Intel Free Press, CC BY-SA 2.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- OpenOffice.org_1.1_official_main_logo_2col_trans.png - Sun Microsystems, LGPL <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ubuntu_4.10__warty__ShipIt_CDs.jpg by Ryan Finnie, CC BY-SA 2.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 - via Wikimedia Commons
- Ubuntu_laptop.jpg by Simon Law, CC BY-SA 2.0 - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 - via Wikimedia Commons