Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux distribution for personal computers, tablets and smartphones, where the Ubuntu Touch edition is used; and also runs network servers, usually with the Ubuntu Server edition, either on physical or virtual servers (such as on mainframes) or with containers, that is with enterprise-class features.
Ubuntu runs on the most popular architectures, including server-class ARM-based. Ubuntu is developedby Canonical Ltd., who offer commercial support.
Ubuntu can be described as all of the following:
Official editions —official Ubuntu variants install a set of packages different from the original Ubuntu, but since they draw additional packages and updates from the same repositories as Ubuntu, all of the same software is available for each of them.[1]
Unofficial variants and derivatives are not controlled or guided by Canonical Ltd. and generally have different goals in mind.
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