The kernel is what enables your computer's hardware to communicate with the software. In other words, the kernel is the reason that when you press a button on your keyboard, something happens on your screen. The Linux kernel is available for people to use to create their own operating systems. But there isn't one version of the kernel. New updates come along all the time. Generally, Linux distributions choose which version of the Linux kernel will power their operating system. They then try to patch features and updates from newer versions of the kernel back into whichever older release they've chosen to support.
Canonical not only ships the Linux kernel, it has a security team that tests the kernel and adds needed fixes. Canonical's tweaks to the Linux kernel is one of the reasons the elementary team cites for why they've chosen to base elementaryOS on Ubuntu. Appearances are often the easiest aspect of a Linux desktop to change, but this is the part that stands out to people to most.
Ubuntu comes with its own themes, known as Yaru. This gives app windows on Ubuntu a look distinct from other versions of Linux. The current look features black headerbars and a red close button, with a lighter variant also included.
The Yaru theme extends to the icons, which are colorful and vibrant. It's worth noting that many app developers are not a fan of themes. Desktop themes can cause unexpected behavior, leading to users filing bugs for issues that stem from the theme rather than the app. Icon themes can also conflict with an app's branding. The key difference between Ubuntu and the default GNOME interface is the dock that's always visible on the left side of your desktop.
Canonical has also expanded the dock to take up the entire height of the screen and moved the app launcher icon to the very bottom of the dock. Ubuntu comes with settings for configuring this dock, enabling you to move it to different sides of the screen or auto-hide when an app overlaps. Canonical's changes aren't limited to the dock.
App windows, for example, have minimize and maximize buttons in addition to the close button. These graphics cards can be added to Ubuntu on traditional PCI or with Thunderbolt adapters, which makes them compatible with much hardware such as small laptops. The biggest advantage of developing in Ubuntu is that allows working on the same underlying operating system both on your desktop systems and on your servers, in the cloud and on IoT devices. The same software packages are available for all versions of Ubuntu, ensuring that developers can better move between different platforms.
This robust experience makes testing easy local before developing globally, providing developers with an easy path from development to production. They do all of this with the same software running both on their desktops and in their production environment. In April , Canonical kicked off the Snap packs. These new packages are ideal for building and distributing applications and work on desktops, clouds, and IoT devices. They are simple to create and install, safe to run and update automatically.
And as in the Snap packages include all dependencies necessary, they work on most Linux operating systems without the need for modification. Developers can create Snaps using the command line Snapcraft , which significantly simplifies the complex work of traditional package creation.
It also allows developers to deliver new versions of their applications directly to users. This automation greatly improves the customer user experience and eliminates the need for developers to support older versions of their products. The Ubuntu desktop operating system is developed by a team of Canonical engineers using contributions from the Ubuntu community and the Linux ecosystem at large.
At Canonical they not only offer the best desktop Linux distribution , but they also make sure Ubuntu supports a lot of hardware. Both of these points also mean that it is difficult to make money on software by just selling it under a usage license. Many products are given for free, but additional services are offered by companies that have expertise with the software.
This means that these companies are super customer focused and will not just push some unwanted software on you. There is a lot of free community support available, but if you are an organization and you need professional support, then this is also available through Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Brand.
There are many local consultancy agencies that can help and support your organization. Ubuntu is based on Debian Linux. The Debian community maintains a list of local consultants you can hire.
So if you are in need of a local consultant, check the Debian Consultants Page. Ubuntu always made it a point to look great. I believe Ubuntu is delivered with a beautiful interface and graphics. Everything looks consistent as you would expect for any respectable operating system.
Ubuntu is sometimes bashed by the Linux community for hiding many of the implementations of the system. I believe Ubuntu was the first Linux distribution that by default did not set up a root user but instead would only allow administrator tasks to be performed by using the 'sudo' 'do superuser' command. I have always found this to be very convenient. I do not need a root user on my workstation, nor does any other user, that just wants to do daily tasks.
Linux is known for the fact that the system can be optimized to run fast on any given hardware. However, my experience is that the off the shelf non-optimized versions of Ubuntu always gave new life to my older machines that had not been running Ubuntu Linux. So, it is fair to say that you can get the same results running Ubuntu while it uses fewer hardware resources. In the spirit of openness, Ubuntu is very tweakable.
There are many alternative desktop environments that can be installed to give the system any look and feel that you might want. There are even people that make their system look like XP when they switched over to Lubuntu a light version of Ubuntu. You can do anything imaginable with Ubuntu. You can edit documents, work with spreadsheets, work with photos and videos, log in to remote Windows machines.
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