Ubuntu

 


Ubuntu (operating system)

Ubuntu ( 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.
It also runs network servers. That is 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. It runs on the most popular architectures, including server-class ARM-based.
Ubuntu is published by Canonical Ltd, who offer commercial support.

This chapter introduces the Ubuntu project, its distribution, its development processes, and some of the history that made it all possible.

Ubuntu releases are made semiannually by Canonical Ltd, the developers of the Ubuntu operating system, using the year and month of the release as a version number.
Ubuntu Linux is one of a number of different flavors of the Linux operating system. The various different brands of Linux are generally known as Linux ...