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Questions tagged [derivatives]

Questions about Recognized Ubuntu derivatives.

Derivatives, also known as Flavors, are different versions of Ubuntu that are customized for different uses.

These are derivatives that use Ubuntu as their foundation and contribute significantly towards the project.

Xubuntu - Ubuntu with the XFCE desktop environment

Ubuntu Studio - Designed for multimedia editing and creation

Mythbuntu - Designed for creating a home theatre PC with MythTV

Kubuntu - Ubuntu with the K Desktop environment

Edubuntu - Ubuntu for education

Lubuntu - Ubuntu that uses the LXDE, or the Lightweight X Desktop Environment.

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What is the difference between Ubuntu and its derivatives?

What different Ubuntu derivatives are there? And what is special with them?
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What is the difference between Ubuntu+XFCE and Xubuntu?

There are many derivatives to Ubuntu, of which Xubuntu is one, using XFCE as a desktop environment. One can install Xubuntu directly from an ISO or install XFCE as an alternative session on Ubuntu. I am wondering: Is there more difference between…
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Is there a derivative that uses a Rolling Release model?

There were so many discussions about an Ubuntu with RR. They were so many pros and contras. At the end ubuntu wont be changed, the 6 month cycle system wont be changed. Thats fine! But because there are so many people who would like to use an…
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What is Vanilla Ubuntu?

I sometimes see the expression of Vanilla Ubuntu but I cannot find what it means. What kind of version of Ubuntu is Vanilla Ubuntu?
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Ubuntu, Ubuntu Flavors, Ubuntu Remixes, Ubuntu Derivatives - what's the difference?

In the Ubuntu community, different terms come up using to describe different Ubuntu releases. At least 4 such terms exist: Ubuntu (Official) Ubuntu Flavors Ubuntu Remixes Ubuntu Derivatives So the main question is: What are all of these different…
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How do I make noatime mounts default?

I'm making an Ubuntu derivative, and I want to make noatime the default mount option for all filesystems (instead of relatime which is default in Ubuntu). There seems to be a boolean default_relatime kernel parameter for switching between defaulting…
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Is it possible to know which recognized flavor I am running using terminal?

I have a set of functions in bash script which I want to run only on particular flavors of Ubuntu. For example, I want to run the following if I am running Unity: gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.datetime show-week-numbers true but the…
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Lubuntu as an official derivative of Ubuntu

The four main desktop environments are GNOME, KDE, XFCE and LXDE. While Kubuntu and Xubuntu are considered official derivatives of Ubuntu, Lubuntu is not. Why is that so? Update: Lubuntu has gained official status in 11.10.
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Will there be a derivative with upstream GNOME 3.0?

I want to ask if we're gonna see a version of Ubuntu such as Kubuntu for example but with GNOME shell and not with Unity ? A version called something like Gubuntu. Thanks in advance for your answers :)
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Is Zentyal an official Ubuntu derivative?

I notice here that Canonical has partnered with Zentyal - does that make them an official derivative?
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What is difference between install desktop-environment and run directly distro?

My question is what is difference between installing perticular desktop environment on Ubuntu And Using directly that (Default -environmented) distro/flavour of Ubuntu? Example: Two options: Install ubuntu-gnome-desktop or kubuntu-desktop or…
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Which recognized flavors of Ubuntu have been granted the LTS status for 14.04?

The recognized flavors of Ubuntu as of 14.04 release are: Edubuntu - Ubuntu for Education Ubuntu GNOME - Ubuntu with a pure GNOME desktop Kubuntu - Ubuntu with the KDE desktop environment UbuntuKylin - Ubuntu localised for China Lubuntu - Ubuntu…
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What does "official Ubuntu flavour" mean?

What kind of support do they receive from Canonical or/and Ubuntu community? Who decides a distro should become official flavour? What privileges do "official flavours" have over unofficial derivatives of Ubuntu like Linux Mint, Elementary OS,…
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Difference Between Ubuntu and Ubuntu-Gnome

Hai all I just want to know is there any Difference Between Ubuntu and Ubuntu GNOME. I love to use Ubuntu... But I hate the Unity desktop... So want an Ubuntu system with GNOME 3. So if I install Ubuntu GNOME is that same as that of a usual Ubuntu…
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What happened to Gobuntu?

Some time ago there was available an official Ubuntu derivative named Gobuntu that was using free software only. I think I have not noticed when it was abandoned... Why is it no longer continued?
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