Ubuntu Desktop documentation

Ubuntu Desktop is an open-source operating system powering millions of PCs and laptops around the world. It supports daily user needs, as well as professional content creation, software development and AI/ML use cases.

In this documentation

How this documentation is organized

This documentation uses the Diátaxis documentation structure.

  • Tutorials take you step-by-step through installing Ubuntu Desktop and exploring the user interface.

  • How-to guides assume you have basic familiarity with Ubuntu Desktop. They cover various common tasks and specialized use cases.

  • Reference provides cheat sheets, specifications and details on the Ubuntu Desktop architecture.

  • Explanation includes topic overviews, background and context and detailed discussion.

Project and community

Ubuntu Desktop is one of the main versions of the Ubuntu operating system, alongside Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu on WSL and Ubuntu Core.

As an open source project, Ubuntu Desktop warmly welcomes community projects, contributions, suggestions, fixes and constructive feedback.

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Releases

Governance and policies

Commercial support

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Credits

Large parts of this guide are based on documentation written by open-source communities. We wish to thank them for their work: