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If the user allows this, the installer will download the latest packages from the Ubuntu repository ensuring the system is up to date. The installer also allows the user to set Ubiquity to install closed source or patented third party software such as Adobe Flash and Fluendo's MP3 codec software that is commonly needed by users while Ubuntu is ...
Ubuntu Cinnamon is a community-driven, free and open-source Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, using the Cinnamon desktop environment in place of Ubuntu's GNOME Shell.The first release was 19.10 'Eoan Ermine' on December 4, 2019, and is the first official distribution to use Ubuntu with the Cinnamon desktop.
The Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) uses Debian Stable as the software source base rather than Ubuntu. [46] LMDE was originally based directly on Debian's Testing branch , but it was designed to provide the same functionality and look and feel as the Ubuntu-based editions . [ 47 ]
Debian desktop None Inactive CRUX: Per Lidén CRUX Community 2002 3.7 [17] ? 2022-09-26 X Independent general None Active Damn Small Linux: John Andrews dev team: 2003 4.4.10 [18] ? 2008-11-18 X Debian, Knoppix lightweight, portable None Inactive Debian: Ian Murdock: Debian Project 1993 12.9 [19] ~5 years, [g 1] 10 years Freexian ELTS(paid ...
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Ubuntu (/ ʊ ˈ b ʊ n t uː / ⓘ uu-BUUN-too) [9] is a Linux distribution derived from Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. [10] [11] [12] Ubuntu is officially released in multiple editions: Desktop, [13] Server, [14] and Core [15] for Internet of things devices [16] and robots.
Quarkos (formerly known as Quark) is an official fork of Q4OS that uses an Ubuntu base instead of Debian. [22] It describes itself as a 'user-friendly, desktop oriented operating system based on Ubuntu Linux'. [23] It comes in two variants, one of which uses the same desktop theme as Q4OS, while the other uses a visual theme similar to Windows ...
APT was introduced in 1998 and original test builds were circulated on IRC. The first Debian version that included it was Debian 2.1, released on 9 March 1999. [27] In the end the original goal of the Deity project of replacing the dselect user interface was a failure.