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Ubuntu 5.04 – Installing & Exploring!!

After digging through my software pile, I found my physical copy of Ubuntu 5.04. Let’s install and explore this Linux distribution from 2005 in this final video of 2023 from TheRetroRecall! Enjoy!

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41 thoughts on “Ubuntu 5.04 – Installing & Exploring!!”

  • This is the very first Linux distro I used when Linux became my main driver OS. Before I used MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, then OS/2 3.0 and 4.0, then Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista till circa 2005 when I decided to definitely move to Linux. Actually, I first tried a Fedore Core 3 (the community edition of Red Hat Linux in the time) for some months, but I was not happy with it. A friend of mine handed to me a CD ROM with Ubuntu 5.04 on it. I gave it a try and I crushed… Since then still on Ubuntu… Now happily running Ubuntu 22.04.03 LTS (Long term support). That said, I'm considering moving to LMDE 6.0, Linux Mint Debian Edition, which is currently based on Debian 12 bookworm…

  • GNOME 2, the desktop environment you see here, was peak Linux UI. I don't know why they felt the need to completely reinvent it with GNOME 3 and they have arguably ruined it. If you feel like trying out a recent distro that looks like it, look for Ubuntu MATE. There was this dark period in Linux history where the two biggest desktop environments were completely rewritten from scratch and ran horribly at nearly the same time.

  • I cut my linux teeth on that same copy of ubuntu. Today it is my daily driver, Kubuntu specifically. All my online activities are on Linux. Only use windows for games and work.

    As a South African I was very proud of Ubuntu since the head of Canonical at the time was Mark Shuttleworth, a fellow South African. As for pronunciation, the proper way to say it is "ooboontoo"

  • Happy New Year, TRR! Amazing to see how this channel has grown in 2023. May 2024 be an even more amazing year! I remember my first intro to Linux was in 2008 using Ubuntu to resurrect several old PCs that were otherwise going to be tossed to e-waste. I never tried it but Sony allowed PlayStation 3 users to install a Linux distro on their PS3 systems up until about 2010 when they blocked the feature due to hackers and to prevent software piracy.

  • I haven't used Ubuntu, but I have copies of Suse 8.1 and Red Hat 9, the latter of which I experimented with on a Socket 7 system years ago.

  • I would love to see a video where you run a newer Linux version on old hardware. Attempting to make an old computer useful without focusing on retro gaming is an interesting topic. For example, how does that IBM Aptiva perform on, for example, Ubuntu 9.04?

  • Happy New Year everybody! My wife went away to her relatives house for New Year's so I'm spending mine with my girlfriend at home! 😀
    Please don't tell my wife I said that…..😲

  • I have one of those CDs still in a draw I didnt really use it back then and now the only time I use linux is when I am using my steam deck and it is awesome but still got a lot to learn.

  • That version of Ubuntu was what finally got linux in my home. I'd used Redhat and Solaris for years at work but Windows at home. Canonical Ubuntu was much more usable for me than Knoppix or Red Hat. Still run Ubuntu or Xubuntu on several PCs including my ancient Dell D630. Love it. Don't need anything else.

  • Why no one used it? Because Linux is a server system for large corporations, and its desktop parts were literally taken from a thrift store, and were donated at late 80s where people used computers in a completely different way.
    There were no sophisticated apps for it, and all that fancy GUI stuff were just fancy technical demos. And finally, while Windows XP installation ran under 2 GB of disk space, a usable Linux installation would take more than 4, due to loads of incompatible components and badly optimized resources.

  • My dad who isn't on this world anymore used Ubuntu linux in its infancy and i remember my first personal laptop 💻 having edubuntu on it those truly were the days

  • Happy new year or as we say in Sweden Good new year. Hope to see you grow even bigger in 2024.

    Ubunty was my introduction to Linux back when I was 20 around in the 2005-6s. Sure when I was 12-15 I knew about Red hat Linux and such but Ubuntu was my personal introduction to Linux.

  • I have tried a newish version of Linux Mint and I would be fine using this as my main OS if MS windows goes to sone kind of weird subscription model. Also pulled a old Mac LC Pizza box computer I have out last night and my younger daughter enjoyed drawing on it. Crt monitor and all. Seeing old hardware get used again always makes me feel warm inside. Im going through my old hardware and seeing what works.

  • Damn when i was a teenager i had a literal (small) trashbag full of the 4.10 prerelease discs with the same sleeve art. Good times

  • Cut my teeth in Linux on Ubuntu 5 and 6. Getting it to dual boot with windows xp made me feel like some kind of tech guru. 🤣

  • O god, I remember you could order the CD's for free online and me being a shite, ordered 100+ CD's and they turned up so I gave em out like junk mail around the neighborhood.

  • Happy new year, and congrats on all of your success in 2023! I love the Aptiva, especially the white case with the blue IBM logo. I'm not a fan of Linux myself, but I'll admit that it served a purpose

  • Happy new year. Really nice seeing your growth over the last year. All that by keeping your style and authenticity. Keep up the good work. 👍🎉🎊

  • Good old operating system for getting trouble shooting done on older systems, especially the live cd version. As a Windows user today I still love Linux and had this version years ago. I like Linux Mint today.

  • 105 videos! congrats!

    I can see a 10x in yours subs by this time next year!

    awesome content, amazing troubleshooting and excellent narration! 🙂

    🎉🥂✨

  • happy new year, TRR!!

    I found one of the small bags of those retro PC badges outside in the leaves! can you believe it 🙂

  • Nice to see you exploring a bit of Linux on the channel TRR, Happy New Year! 😃

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