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ZDNet Contributing Editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, reviewing Linux Mint 19 and LM 19.1 in the articles "The Linux Mint desktop continues to lead the rest" in July 2018 [83] and "The better-than-ever Linux desktop" in December 2018, [84] noted Mint's quality, stability, security and user-friendliness compared to other popular distributions.
This is a list of free and open-source software packages , computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses. Software that fits the Free Software Definition may be more appropriately called free software ; the GNU project in particular objects to their works being referred to as open-source . [ 1 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 January 2025. 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 Community contributors, Linus Torvalds Written ...
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.
Version Original release date Last release Maintainer EOL Prominent features Notes 6.13 TBD: 6.13-rc5 [3] Linus Torvalds: 6.12: 17 November 2024 [4] 6.12.8 [5] Linus Torvalds: Real-time support for x86/x86_64, RISC-V, and ARM64 [6] Userspace scheduler extensions support [7] QR codes for DRM panic messages [6] 25th LTS release [8]
LXQt Desktop Environment was included from April 2014 to June 2015. In 2018 TDE (Trinity Desktop Environment) was included. In 2019, version 3.8 was released which was based on Debian Buster. [9] The original KDE based version has been discontinued since around 2018. [10]
Solus comes pre-installed with a wide range of software that includes the latest Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Transmission and Celluloid. Additional software that was not installed by default is able to be downloaded using the included Software Center. Wireless chips and modems were supported through optional non-free firmware packages.
Debian officially contains only free software, but non-free software can be downloaded and installed from the Debian repositories. [85] Debian includes popular free programs such as LibreOffice , [ 86 ] Firefox web browser, Evolution mail, K3b disc burner, VLC media player , GIMP image editor, and Evince document viewer. [ 85 ]