On 25 February, Asturix 1 Desktop was released, and one month later, the Business version followed.[4] Asturix was officially presented to the mass media in October, in the Press Club Center of Oviedo.[5] In November there was an Asturix Installation Party in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party’s local building, the People’s House.[6] That party was covered by a reporter from La Nueva España.[7] Asturix 1 was very similar to Ubuntu, and, consequently, it was criticized for being an “unnecessary fork”.