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Ubuntu is a complete desktop Linux operating system, freely available with both community and professional support. The Ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Ubuntu Manifesto: that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit. "Ubuntu" is an ancient African word, meaning "humanity to others". The Ubuntu distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.



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Feature snapshot
mantic
23.04
lunar
22.10
kinetic
Release Date 2023-08-19 2023-04-20 2022-10-20
End Of Life   2024-01 2023-07
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB)   2500-4800 1500-3900
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME
Package Management DEB DEB (apt), snap DEB (apt), snap
Release Model Rolling Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture amd64, arm64, ppc64el, riscv, s390x amd64, arm64, ppc64el, riscv, s390x amd64, arm64, ppc64el, riscv, s390x
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS, ZFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS, ZFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS, ZFS
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes
Full Package List snapshot 23.04 22.10
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.9) 1.2.9 1.2.8 1.2.7.2
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 23.0.0 22.0.0
bash (5.2.15) 5.2.15 5.2.15 5.2
bind (9.18.18) 9.18.16 -- --
chromium (116.0.5845.96) -- -- --
cups (2.4.6) 2.4.5 2.4.2 2.4.2
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.3-P1 4.4.3
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.47.0 1.46.5
firefox (116.0.3) snap snap snap
freetype (2.13.1) 2.13.0 2.12.1 2.12.1
gcc (13.2.0) 13.2.0 -- --
gimp (2.10.34) -- -- --
glibc (2.38) 2.37 2.37 2.36
gnome-shell (44.3) 44.3 44.0 43.0
gnucash (5.3) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.55) -- -- --
grub (2.06) 2.12 2.06 2.06
gtk (4.12.0) 4.10.4 4.10.1 4.8.1
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.57 -- --
inkscape (1.3) -- -- --
k3b (23.04.3) -- -- --
kmod (30) 30 30 30
krita (5.1.5) -- -- --
libreoffice (7.5.5) 7.5.5 7.5.2 7.4.2rc3
linux (6.4.11) 6.3.0 6.2 5.19
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- --
mariadb (11.0.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.1) -- -- --
mesa (23.1.6) 23.1.3 23.0.2 22.2.1
mysql (8.1.0) 8.0.34 -- --
nautilus (44.2.1) 44.2.1 44.0 43.0
NVIDIA (535.98) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- --
openjdk (20.0.1) -- -- --
openssh (9.4p1) 9.3p1 9.0p1 9.0p1
openssl (3.1.2) 3.0.10 3.0.8 3.0.5
perl (5.38.0) 5.36.0 5.36.0 5.34.0
php (8.2.9) 8.2.7 -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.7.1) -- -- --
postfix (3.8.1) 3.8.1 -- --
postgresql (15.4) 15.3 -- --
Python (3.11.4) 3.11.4 3.11.2 3.10.6
qt (6.5.2) -- -- --
samba (4.18.6) 4.18.5 -- --
systemd (254.1) 253.5 252.5 251.4
thunderbird (115.1.1) 102.13.0 102.10.0 102.3.3
vim (9.0) 9.0 9.0 9.0
vlc (3.0.18) -- -- --
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.8) 21.1.7 21.1.7 21.1.4

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Version: snapshot
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-19
Votes: 3


I just install mantic (23.10 beta) because a need Samba 4.17 or newer.

The installation was fast and for 3 weeks has been operating without issues.

I installed at least a dozen of new packages without hiccups.

Samba 4.16.5 solved the problems that I had when using Samba 4.15 included in Ubuntu 23.04.

I installed in a physical server, a virtual machine, and in WSL. All installations working fine.

Snap packages installed quick without required complex configuration with acceptable performance.








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Version: 22.04
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-08-18
Votes: 1


Advantages:

Easy to install and work.
Modern Look.
Stable.
Best Software availibilty and Large Software Repository.
Best Community Support.
Regular Updates, longer as others.
Easy to customize.
Best Multilingual Distro, because easy to translate with launchpad.
Low Hardware Requirements.
Uses Debian Packages, and you can combine with Snap.
The best Development Environment for programming.
Versatile media playback.
Virtualization and containerization support.
Fast learning curve.
Beginner friendly.
Best DRM Support in Linux World.
Best Support for drivers from Hardware Manufactorers.
Long history ( since 2006 ).
easily upgradeable from one version to another.
... and possibly more.



There a lot of Junk Distro's out there.
Ubuntu is the only one.
The best of the best from the best's Distros.


Everthing works out of the box.
If something doesn't work, there is always a solution for everything, that you can try with Ubuntu.
Try that with an XYZ forest and meadow platform and you will fail.
Snap packages are better than the flatpak crap.






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Version: 23.04
Rating: 8
Date: 2023-08-14
Votes: 1


Frankly I don't understand all this hatred towards "Ubuntu" and "Canonical" they did a great job I know "Ubuntu" since version 6...

Certainly not everything is perfect, for example there is no Amaz app... to watch movies in streaming.

The snaps apps work pretty well: "Firefox" "Steam" etc...

On the other hand, do not add "Flatpak" because not only the apps often do not work or badly and in addition "Ubuntu" will become unstable...

Like all Linux distros, the Bluetooth works poorly...

For my part just a bug like the black screen after waking up apart from that the gaming works quite well and "Ubuntu" works quite well too.

For an "Nvidia" graphics card you just have to choose the right resolution for your screen then check "full compositor pipeline" and deactivate everything else.

My peripherals are detected and install themselves lol graphics card, printer etc...


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