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Ubuntu (operating system)

Ubuntu
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Screenshot of Ubuntu Desktop 16.10 "Yakkety Yak"
Developer Canonical Ltd., Ubuntu community
OS family Linux
Working state Current
Source model Open source (with some exceptions)
Initial release 20 October 2004 (12 years ago) (2004-10-20)
Latest release Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak / 13 October 2016 (3 months ago) (2016-10-13)
Latest preview Ubuntu Core 16 beta
Marketing target Personal computers, servers, smartphones, tablet computers (Ubuntu Touch), IoT (Ubuntu Core)
Available in More than 55 languages by LoCos
Update method APT (Software Updater, GNOME Software)
Package manager dpkg, Snappy
Platforms IA-32, AMD64; ARMhf (ARMv7 + VFPv3-D16), ARM64; Power, ppc64el; s390x
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux);
Hybrid Linux and Windows NT (under Windows 10)
Userland GNU
Default user interface
License Free software licenses
(mainly GPL)
Official website www.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu (/ʊˈbntʊ/ 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) and/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". It uses Unity as its default user interface for the desktop.


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