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Ubuntu 21.04, codenamed Hirsute Hippo, was released on 22 April 2021. It uses Linux kernel 5.11 which introduces smartcard authentication, support for Intel's Software Guard Extensions and improved support for AMD CPUs and GPUs. [263] [264] Wayland is now used as the default on hardware without Nvidia graphics processors.
Pop!_OS is based upon Ubuntu and its release cycle is the same as Ubuntu, [46] with new releases every six months in April and October. Long-term support releases are made every two years, in April of even-numbered years.
Ubuntu shipped with Wayland by default in Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark). [92] However, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS reverted to X.Org by default due to several issues. [93] [94] Since Ubuntu 21.04, Wayland is the default again. [95] Red Hat Enterprise Linux ships Wayland as the default session in version 8, released 7 May 2019. [96]
Kubuntu (/ k ʊ ˈ b ʊ n t uː / kuu-BUUN-too) [3] is an official flavor of the Ubuntu operating system that uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the GNOME desktop environment. As part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu uses the same underlying systems. Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu [4] and is released regularly on the same ...
Linux Mint is a community-developed Linux distribution.It is based on Ubuntu and designed for x86-64 based computers; another variant is based on Debian which is named Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) and has both 64-bit and IA-32 support.
Ubuntu (/ ʊ ˈ b ʊ n t uː / ⓘ uu-BUUN-too) [9] is a Linux distribution derived from Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. [10] [11] [12] Ubuntu is officially released in multiple editions: Desktop, [13] Server, [14] and Core [15] for Internet of things devices [16] and robots.
The Ubuntu MATE project was founded by Martin Wimpress and Alan Pope [4] and began as an unofficial derivative of Ubuntu, using an Ubuntu 14.10 base for its first release; [5] a 14.04 LTS release followed shortly. [6] As of February 2015, Ubuntu MATE gained the official Ubuntu flavour status from Canonical as per the release of 15.04 Beta 1.
Being Ubuntu-based, it is compatible with its repositories and packages, and prior to version 0.4 "Loki", it used the Ubuntu software centre to handle software installation and uninstallation. However, after the release of Loki, Elementary bundled their own app store, AppCenter, [ 20 ] whose user interface is designed to be intuitive for new ...