Zaka khumi ndi zisanu zapitazo, pa October 20, 2004, panali kumasulidwa Mtundu woyamba wa kugawa kwa Ubuntu Linux ndi 4.10 "Warty Warthog". Ntchitoyi idakhazikitsidwa ndi Mark Shuttleworth, milioneya waku South Africa yemwe adathandizira kupanga Debian Linux ndipo adalimbikitsidwa ndi lingaliro lopanga kugawa kwapakompyuta komwe kumafikiridwa ndi ogwiritsa ntchito omwe ali ndi njira yodziwikiratu, yokhazikika. Madivelopa angapo ochokera ku projekiti ya Debian adagwira nawo ntchitoyo, ambiri mwa iwo omwe akugwirabe ntchito pakupanga mapulojekiti onsewa.