Ubuntu (Linux distribution)
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Screenshot of Ubuntu Desktop 17.04 "Zesty Zapus"
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| Developer | Canonical Ltd., Ubuntu community |
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| OS family | Linux |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source (with some exceptions) |
| Initial release | 20 October 2004 |
| Latest release | Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus / 13 April 2017 |
| Marketing target | Personal computers, servers; smartphones and tablet computers (Ubuntu Touch) |
| Available in | More than 55 languages by LoCos |
| Update method | APT (Software Updater, GNOME Software) |
| Package manager | dpkg, Snappy |
| Platforms | I386,IA-32, AMD64; ARMhf (ARMv7 + VFPv3-D16), ARM64; Power, ppc64le; s390x |
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Monolithic (Linux); Hybrid Linux and Windows NT (under Windows 10) |
| Userland | GNU |
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| License |
Free software licenses (mainly GPL) |
| Official website | www |
Ubuntu (/ʊˈbuːntʊ/ uu-BOON-tuu, stylized as ubuntu) is a Debian-based Linux operating system for personal computers, tablets and smartphones, where Ubuntu Touch edition is used; and also runs network servers, usually with the Ubuntu Server edition, either on physical or virtual servers (such as on mainframes) or with containers, that is with enterprise-class features; runs on the most popular architectures, including server-class ARM-based.
Ubuntu is published by Canonical Ltd, who offer commercial support. It is based on free software and named after the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu (literally, 'human-ness'), which Canonical Ltd. suggests can be loosely translated as "humanity to others" or "I am what I am because of who we all are". Since Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Ubuntu has used Unity as its default user interface for the desktop, but following the release of Ubuntu 17.10 it will move to the GNOME 3 desktop instead, as work on Unity ends. Ubuntu is the most popular operating system running in hosted environments, so–called "clouds", as it is the most popular server Linux distribution.
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