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The tty command is commonly used to check if the output medium is a terminal. The command prints the file name of the terminal connected to standard input. If no file is detected (in case, it's being run as part of a script or the command is being piped) "not a tty" is printed to stdout and the command exits with an exit status of 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.
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 ...
On modern Linuxes, information on shell built-in commands can be found by executing help, help [built-in name]or man builtins at a terminal prompt where bash is installed. Some commands, such as echo , false , kill , printf , test or true , depending on your system and on your locally installed version of bash, can refer to either a shell built ...
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.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 January 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Family of Unix-like operating systems This article is about the family of operating systems. For the kernel, see Linux kernel. For other uses, see Linux (disambiguation). Operating system Linux Tux the penguin, the mascot of Linux Developer ...
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.