Ubuntu
The most widely used Linux on desktops and in the cloud, a polished Debian with a release every six months and LTS every two years. See how developers rate it month by month on DTDb.
- Category
- Linux distribution
- Developer
- Canonical
- Created by
- Mark Shuttleworth
- First release
- 2004
- License
- GPL and other free licenses
- Open source
- Yes
- Pricing
- Free with paid plans
- Website
- https://ubuntu.com
- Family
- Debian
- Based on
- Debian
- Package manager
- APT, Snap
- Package format
- deb
- Release model
- Fixed releases
- Release cadence
- Every 6 months, LTS every 2 years
- Support lifetime
- 5 years for LTS, up to 15 with Ubuntu Pro
- Init system
- systemd
- Default desktop
- GNOME
- Immutable
- No
- Made for
- Desktop, Server, Cloud
- Backed by
- A company
- Beginner friendliness
- 5 of 5
- Architectures
- amd64, arm64, ppc64el, s390x, riscv64