Screenshot of Ubuntu Desktop 16.10 "Yakkety Yak"
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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 16.10 Yakkety Yak / 13 October 2016 |
Latest preview | Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus |
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 | I386,IA-32, AMD64; ARMhf (ARMv7 + VFPv3-D16), ARM64; Power, ppc64le; 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 (/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". It uses Unity as its default user interface for the desktop.