Gobuntu was a short-lived official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system that was conceived to provide a distribution consisting of only free software. It was first released in October 2007.
In early 2008, a "free software only" installer option was added to Ubuntu, making the Gobuntu project redundant. As a result, Canonical decided officially to end the Gobuntu project with version 8.04.[3]
In March 2009, it was announced that "Gobuntu 8.04.1 is the final release of Gobuntu. The project has merged back to mainline Ubuntu, so there is no need for a separate distribution".[1][2]
History and development
Mark Shuttleworth first mentioned the idea of creating an Ubuntu derivative named Gnubuntu consisting entirely of free software, on 24 November 2005.[4] Due to Richard Stallman's disapproval of the name, the project was later renamed Ubuntu-libre.[5] Stallman had previously endorsed a distribution based on Ubuntu called gNewSense, and has criticized Ubuntu for using proprietary and non-free software in successive distributions, most notably, Ubuntu 7.04.[6]
While introducing Ubuntu 7.10, Mark Shuttleworth said that it would
Releases
Gobuntu versions were intended to be released twice a year, coinciding with Ubuntu releases. Gobuntu uses the same version numbers and code names as Ubuntu, using the year and month of the release as the version number. The first Gobuntu release, for example, was 7.10, indicating October 2007.[14]
Gobuntu releases are also given code names, using an adjective and an animal with the same first letter e.g.: "Gutsy Gibbon". These are the same as the respective Ubuntu code names. Commonly, Gobuntu releases are referred to by developers and users by only the adjective portion of the code name, for example Gutsy Gibbon is often called just Gutsy.[15]
| Version | Code name | Release date | Supported until | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.10 | Gutsy Gibbon | 18 October 2007 | 18 April 2009 | |
| 8.04 | Hardy Heron | 1 July 2008 | 24 April 2011 | Further update 8.04.1 released |
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Canonical Ltd. (March 2009). "Gobuntu". Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- 1 2 3 4 "Gobuntu 8.04.1 (Hardy Heron)". Canonical Ltd. July 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- 1 2 Bacon, Jono (June 2008). "Changes to Gobuntu". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ↑ "Mark Shuttleworth registers gnubuntu.org (Ubuntu mailing list)". Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ↑ "Ubuntu-libre". Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ↑ "Richard Stallman interviewed, endorses gNewSense". Archived from the original on 2007-06-20. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ↑ "Introducing the Gutsy Gibbon". Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2007-07-11.
- ↑ "Mark Shuttleworth >> Blog Archive >> Gobuntu is… go". Retrieved 2007-07-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - 1 2 Mark Pilgrim. "Gobuntu has already failed". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ↑ Pilgrim, Mark (February 2007). "Bug 83118 Some Firefox components are non-free". Retrieved 2008-11-09.
- ↑ "Firefox and Thunderbird thread, gobuntu-devel mailing list". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ↑ Canonical Ltd. (2007). "Gobuntu". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ↑ "Rethinking Gobuntu". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
- ↑ Shuttleworth, Mark (2004-10-20). "Ubuntu 4.10 announcement". ubuntu-announce (Mailing list). Retrieved 2008-08-19.
- ↑ "DevelopmentCodeNames - Ubuntu Wiki". Wiki.ubuntu.com. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
External links
- Official website, Ubuntu Wiki
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