You can use Sudo -sh in the terminal to switch to the administrator root user to execute the command.

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Ubuntu was founded by Mark Shuttleworth, and its first version Ubuntu4. 10 was released on June 20th, 2004 based on Debian. Ubuntu was developed to make personal computers easy to use and to provide a server version for enterprise applications.

Ubuntu's operation mainly relies on the support of Canonical Co., Ltd., and also has the help of enthusiastic people in the Linux community. Ubuntu developers often call Mark Schetter Voss SABDFL.

On July 8th, 2005, Mark Schetter Voss and Canonical Limited announced the establishment of Ubuntu Foundation, and provided $654.38+million as start-up capital.

The foundation was established to ensure the sustainable development and support of Ubuntu in the future, but it was not put into operation until 2006. Mark Schetter Voss described the foundation as an emergency working capital in case of financial crisis of Canonical Limited.