This was front and centre of the press releases about the Linux distro at the time, it’s the only reason i know what it means :-)
When warty or hoary were released, Shuttleworth was mentioned on BBC news for his sponsorship efforts (although they spent as much time talking about his outer space shennanigans as they did linux). I cant remember if theres a connection between Mark Shuttleworth and Elon Musk (paypal - am i just making that up?) but they always stick in my mind together for some reason.
Typing all this has triggered a memory i’d forgotten - a podcast series from around this time. 4 British chaps, Jono Bacon was one of them. I can’t remember the name but it was fantastic entertainment, lots of laughter but it was a podcast about linux. Ubuntu featured heavily. They disbanded some years later.
> they always stick in my mind together for some reason
Same here. I don't remember them ever working together directly, though...Shuttleworth made his fortune on Thawte, and Musk on Paypal. Probably that they're both white tech entrepreneurs from South Africa with a side interest in space, and about the same age, if I had to guess!
When warty or hoary were released, Shuttleworth was mentioned on BBC news for his sponsorship efforts (although they spent as much time talking about his outer space shennanigans as they did linux). I cant remember if theres a connection between Mark Shuttleworth and Elon Musk (paypal - am i just making that up?) but they always stick in my mind together for some reason.
Typing all this has triggered a memory i’d forgotten - a podcast series from around this time. 4 British chaps, Jono Bacon was one of them. I can’t remember the name but it was fantastic entertainment, lots of laughter but it was a podcast about linux. Ubuntu featured heavily. They disbanded some years later.