Ubuntu, the family album

"A few days before the release of the new Ubuntu, here's a guided tour through the Ubuntu family album with some annotations telling my story with the different versions.

"The first version of the Ubuntu distribution. For the history it was during a discussion between Robert Collins and Mark Shuttleworth that Mark has launched the name that will be adopted and adapted to any future versions of Ubuntu. Thus each version will have a code name composed of an adjective and an animal name.

"Ubuntu Hoary HEDGEHOG (5.04)

"Ubuntu Breezy BADGER (5.10)"

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