Ubuntu Linux is a popular Linux distribution, which almost replaced Red Hat as Linux? Yes, synonyms. It was founded by Mark Schetter Voss, and the first version was released on October 20th, 2004/KLOC-0, with Debian as the development blueprint. Ubuntu？ Its operation mainly depends on the support of Canonical Limited. The name ubuntu Linux comes from the word "ubuntu" in Zulu or Hausa in South Africa, which means "treat people humanely". The distributions of the same series include Kubuntu Linux and Edubuntulinux.