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Ubuntu releases are also given code names, using an adjective and an animal with the same first letter – an alliteration, e.g., "Dapper Drake".With the exception of the first two releases, code names are in alphabetical order, and except for the first three releases, the first letters are sequential, allowing a quick determination of which release is newer.
The Ubuntu MATE project was founded by Martin Wimpress and Alan Pope [4] and began as an unofficial derivative of Ubuntu, using an Ubuntu 14.10 base for its first release; [5] a 14.04 LTS release followed shortly. [6] As of February 2015, Ubuntu MATE gained the official Ubuntu flavour status from Canonical as per the release of 15.04 Beta 1.
Ubuntu (/ ʊ ˈ b ʊ n t uː / ⓘ uu-BUUN-too) [8] is a Linux distribution derived from Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. [9] [10] [11] Ubuntu is officially released in multiple editions: Desktop, [12] Server, [13] and Core [14] for Internet of things devices [15] and robots.
Xubuntu versions are released twice a year, coinciding with Ubuntu releases. Xubuntu uses the same version numbers and code names as Ubuntu, using the year and month of the release as the version number. The first Xubuntu release, for example, was 6.06, indicating June 2006. [105]
The Ubuntu Touch project was started in 2011. Mark Shuttleworth announced on 31 October 2011 that by Ubuntu 14.04, the goal was that Ubuntu would support smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other smart screens (such as car head units and smartwatches), [12] but to date has only been supported by vendors on a few smartphones, one tablet and a number of third-party devices which hobbyists have ...
Kubuntu (/ k ʊ ˈ b ʊ n t uː / kuu-BUUN-too) [3] is an official flavor of the Ubuntu operating system that uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the GNOME desktop environment. As part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu uses the same underlying systems. Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu [4] and is released regularly on the same ...
Lubuntu (/ l ʊ ˈ b ʊ n t uː / luu-BUUN-too) [1] is a lightweight Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that uses the LXQt desktop environment in place of GNOME.Lubuntu was originally touted as being "lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient", but now aims to be "a functional yet modular distribution focused on getting out of the way and letting users use their computer".
Zorin OS follows the long-term releases of the main Ubuntu system and uses its own software repositories as well as Ubuntu's repositories. The desktop environment themes can resemble those of Microsoft Windows, macOS, or Ubuntu [7] [8] [9] and allow the interface to be familiar regardless of the previous system a user has come from. [10]