编辑“︁Gobuntu”︁（章节）

== 历史和开发进程 ==
[[马克·沙特尔沃思]]（Mark Shuttleworth）在2005年11月24日首先提出要建立一个名叫''Gnubuntu''的完全由自由软件组成的Ubuntu衍生版。<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2005-November/013261.html |title=Mark Shuttleworth registers gnubuntu.org (Ubuntu mailing list) |accessdate=2007-07-11 |archive-date=2006-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514155324/https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2005-November/013261.html |dead-url=no }}</ref> 由于[[Richard Stallman]]不赞成这个名字，因此这个项目后来改名为''Ubuntu-libre''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu-libre |title=Ubuntu-libre |accessdate=2007-07-11 |archive-date=2020-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920072807/https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ubuntu-libre |dead-url=no }}</ref>  Stallman曾经支持过一个名叫[[gNewSense]]的基于Ubuntu的发行版，并且批评Ubuntu在后续的发行版中使用了有版权的和非自由的软件，尤指Ubuntu 7.04。<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hardwarelogic.com/news/143/ARTICLE/1410/2007-05-28.html |title=Richard Stallman interviewed, endorses gNewSense |accessdate=2007-07-13 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070620150238/http://hardwarelogic.com/news/143/ARTICLE/1410/2007-05-28.html |archivedate=2007-06-20 }}</ref>

在介绍Ubuntu 7.10时，Mark Shuttleworth表示它将{{cquote|feature a new flavour - as yet unnamed - which takes an ultra-orthodox view of licensing: no firmware, drivers, imagery, sounds, applications, or other content which do not include full source materials and come with full rights of modification, remixing and redistribution. There should be no more conservative home, for those who demand a super-strict interpretation of the "free" in free software.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-April/000276.html |title=Introducing the Gutsy Gibbon |accessdate=2007-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219122122/https://lists.ubuntu.com//archives//ubuntu-devel-announce//2007-April//000276.html |archive-date=2009-02-19 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>}}Gobuntu在2007年7月10日由Mark Shuttleworth正式发布<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/130 |title=Mark Shuttleworth >> Blog Archive >> Gobuntu is… go |accessdate=2007-07-11 |archive-date=2020-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126072246/https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/130 |dead-url=no }}</ref>，并且Gobuntu 7.10的[[每日构建]]开始公开发行。最初的版本，Gobuntu 7.10，於2007年10月18日發行，但只提供文字安裝介面，第一個預期的長期支援版本代號為“Hardy Heron”。

2009年三月，Gobuntu项目组宣布：“Gobuntu 8.04.1是Gobuntu发行版的最后一个版本。该项目已经合并到主线Ubuntu中，因此没有维护一个单独的发行版的必要了。”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gobuntu - Ubuntu Wiki |url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Gobuntu |website=wiki.ubuntu.com |access-date=2025-11-02}}</ref>