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{{Infobox_OS
| name = Ubuntu
| logo = [[File:Ubuntu logo.svg|Ubuntu logo|200px]]
| screenshot = [[File:UbuntuMaverickDesktop.png|300px]]
| caption = Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
| developer = [[Canonical Ltd]]. / [[Ubuntu Foundation]]
| family = [[Unix-like]]<!--- Do not add Linux or Debian here. They are not families. -->
| working_state = Current
| source_model = [[Free and open source software]] (with exceptions)<ref name="fsf-kernelblobs">{{cite web |url=http://fsfla.org/svnwiki/selibre/linux-libre/ |title=Free Software Foundation Latin America |work=FSF Latin America |publisher=Free Software Foundation |accessdate=4 February 2011}}</ref><ref name="ubuntuwiki-kernelblobs">{{cite web |url=https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Firmware |title=Kernel/Firmware |publisher=Ubuntu Project wiki |accessdate=1 March 2011}}</ref>
| released = {{Start date|2004|10|20|df=yes}}
| latest_release_version = 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)<!-- If you update this, remember to also update [[Comparison of Linux distributions]]. -->
| latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2010|10|10|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubuntu-news.net/2010/10/10/ubuntu-10-10-is-released/ |title=Ubuntu 10.10 is released |date=10 October 2010 |work=Ubuntu-News |accessdate=3 December 2010}}</ref>
| latest_preview_version = 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Alpha 3
| latest_preview_date = {{Start date and age|2011|3|3|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubuntu.com/testing |title=Ubuntu Testing |work=Ubuntu |publisher=Canonical |date=3 March 2011 |publisher=Ubuntu |accessdate=4 March 2011}}</ref>
| language = Multilingual (more than 55)
| updatemodel = [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]] (front-ends available)
| package_manager = [[dpkg]] (front-ends like [[Synaptic (software)|Synaptic]] available)
| supported_platforms = [[X86|i386]], [[X86-64|amd64]]
| kernel_type = [[Linux kernel|Linux]] ([[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]]-based [[Hybrid kernel|Hybrid]])
| userland = [[GNU Core Utilities|GNU]]
| ui = [[GNOME]]
| license = Mainly the [[GNU General Public License|GNU GPL]] and various free software other licenses / plus proprietary [[binary blob]]s.<ref name="fsf-kernelblobs" /><ref name="ubuntuwiki-kernelblobs" />
| website = {{URL|www.ubuntu.com}}
}}
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