Ubuntu
Ubuntu is a popular, free, and open-source Linux distribution developed by Canonical. It is built upon Debian's architecture, emphasizing user-friendliness, security, and a regular release cycle for both desktop and server environments.
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2004
- Category
- cloud_infrastructure
- Problem solved
- Ubuntu was created to solve the problem of making Linux accessible and user-friendly for the average person, providing a stable, secure, and free operating system with a consistent user experience, regular updates, and professional support, which was less prevalent in other distributions at the time.
- Platforms
- Raspberry Pi and other single-board computers, RISC-V, ARM (ARMhf, AArch64), PowerPC (ppc64el), IBM System Z (s390x), Virtual Machines (VMware, VirtualBox, KVM), Cloud computing platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), x86-64 (AMD64)
Related technologies
Notable users
- Wikipedia
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- MirageOS
- Netflix
- AWS (Amazon Web Services)
- International Space Station (ISS) laptops
- Google (internal use, GKE)