Chapter 1. The Ubuntu Story
• Free Software, Open Source, and GNU/Linux
• How the Vision Became Ubuntu
• Sustaining the Vision: Canonical and the Ubuntu Foundation
• Beyond the Vision: Ubuntu Subprojects, Derivatives, and Spin-offs
• Summary
This Chapter brings the history of the Ubuntu Project to life, and through its history and looks to its future. If you are looking to jump right in and get started with Ubuntu, turn right away to Chapter 2, Installing Ubuntu. If you are interested in first learning about where Ubuntu comes from and where it is going, this chapter provides a good introduction.
The Vision
In April 2004 Mark Shuttleworth brought together a dozen developers from the Debian, ...
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