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is an operating system -- the core software that runs your computer, similar to Microsoft's Windows, Apple's OS X and Google's Chrome OS. is a distribution (variation) of GNU/Linux. A dependable, secure, capable, and modern computer system that rivals all others in popularity and actual use.
Unlike other operating systems, Linux is a major one used:
- on most of the world's fastest and most powerful supercomputers
- on many of (if not most of) the computers that make up the backbone of Internet
- and on corporate servers that require stability and reliability
is a stable, easy-to-use operating system with a configurable desktop environment. It is ideal for those who want the most out of their computers and prefer a traditional desktop metaphor. With modest hardware requirements, it is suitable for modern desktops and laptops alike.
The operating system is more secure, and better supported than the operating system pre-installed on most home computer hardware today.
Using provides you with the freedom to run a complete, full-featured operating system, pre-configured with most (if not all) of the applications you will need for your daily computing. Change anything about the way it looks, the way it works, or the applications it runs to suit your taste.
Objectives
has a number of guiding objectives and goals:
- Accessible to all, regardless of language and physical ability.
- Increase both Ubuntu and Budgie desktop user adoption.
- Create a Ubuntu based distro for users who prefer a traditional desktop metaphor.
- When possible contribute to Upstream projects such as Solus and Debian so all Linux communities benefit.
- Software selection will favor functionality and stability over lightness and whimsy.
What is ?
Ubuntu
Ubuntu is one of, if not the, largest deployed Linux based desktop operating systems in the world. Linux is at the heart of Ubuntu and makes it possible to create secure, powerful and versatile operating systems, such as Ubuntu and Android. Android is now in the hands of billions of people around the world and it's also powered by Linux.
Ubuntu is available in a number of different flavors, each coming with its own desktop environment. takes the Ubuntu base operating system and adds the Budgie desktop.
Budgie Desktop
Wikipedia says that a Desktop Environment is:
"An implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI). Desktop GUIs help the user to easily access and edit files."
comes with a lot of useful applications like
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| GNOME Files | Firefox | LibreOffice | GNOME Software | Rhythmbox |
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| File Manager | Web Browser | Office Suite | Software Store | Music Player |
Settings.
Budgie desktop provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors, which means if you've ever used Windows or OS X, it will feel very familiar.
Open Source
What Linux, Ubuntu and Budgie desktop all have in common is they are Open Source. This software can be freely used, changed, and shared (in modified or unmodified form) by anyone. In a nutshell is free, in the truest sense of the word.
Although you will find some distributions (variations) of Linux for purchase, the vast majority are provided free of charge, like . The distribution is licensed in a way that allows anyone to give it away for free, with no strings attached. For example, the licence gives any member of the user community the freedom to use Linux for any purpose, to distribute, modify, redistribute, or even sell the operating system. If you do modify and then redistribute Linux with your modifications, you are required by the licence to submit your modifications for possible inclusion into future versions. There is no guarantee that this will ever happen, but if you have made it better, then your changes just might be included in the next release of .
Many of the users of Linux are corporations that use the operating system to run their businesses, or include it within their products. Many of these corporations provide fixes and new features for Linux as they use the software for their businesses. These improvements are given back to the Linux community and improves as a result. This is how we can continually improve and grow without having to charge our users money.
Unlike Windows and OS X, Linux is not created and supported by just one company. It is supported by Intel, Redhat, Linaro, Samsung, IBM, SUSE, Texas Instruments, Google, Canonical, Oracle, AMD, and Microsoft. Over 4,000 developers contributed to Linux over the last 15 years.
Whether you are a home user of , a software or application developer, or an employee of an organization that uses the operating system, you are a member of the Linux and Open Source communities and benefit from the efforts of the developers who contribute to and its related projects: Linux, Budgie desktop, and Ubuntu. Members of the community run Linux on almost any hardware, from the prettiest Macbook to the cheapest netbook, from the newest Chromebook to some very old machines designed for Windows, and from the most powerful Internet servers to the smallest smart thermostat.