Editing List of Linux distributions (section)

==== Current official derivatives ====
These Ubuntu variants, also known as Ubuntu flavours, simply install a set of packages different from the original Ubuntu, but since they draw additional packages and updates from the same repositories as Ubuntu, all of the same software is available for each of them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives |title=About Ubuntu Derivatives |work=[[Ubuntu]] |access-date=August 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814130011/http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ubuntu.com/desktop/flavours|title=Ubuntu flavours &#124; Ubuntu|access-date=2022-11-30|archive-date=2022-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704094919/https://ubuntu.com/desktop/flavours|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| [[Edubuntu]]
| A complete Linux based operating system that was targeted for [[primary education|primary]] and [[secondary education]]. Outdated versions are freely available with community-based support. The Edubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Edubuntu Manifesto: that software, especially for education, should be available [[Gratis versus Libre|free of charge]] and that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edubuntu |url=https://www.edubuntu.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930020906/https://www.edubuntu.org/ |archive-date=2024-09-30 |access-date=2005-10-15 |website=www.edubuntu.org}}</ref>
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| [[Kubuntu]]
| An official derivative of Ubuntu Linux using [[KDE]] instead of the [[GNOME]] (or Unity) desktop environment used by default in Ubuntu.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kubuntu - Friendly Computing |url=https://www.kubuntu.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008075614/https://www.kubuntu.org/ |archive-date=2024-10-08 |access-date=2018-12-23}}</ref>
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| [[Lubuntu]]
| An official derivative of the [[Ubuntu]] [[operating system]] that is "lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient", using the [[LXQt]] [[desktop environment]] (used [[LXDE]] before 18.10).<ref name="Distrowatch11May09">{{cite web|url = http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090511#news|title = Another day, another Ubuntu derivative.|access-date = 2009-05-21|last = Smart|first = Chris|date = May 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120121065012/http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090511#news|archive-date = 2012-01-21|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="LXDEBlog">{{cite web|url = http://blog.lxde.org/?p=208|title = Lubuntu? LXDE Meet up with Mark Shuttleworth in Berlin|access-date = 2009-05-21|last = [[LXDE]]|date = February 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120224015352/http://blog.lxde.org/?p=208|archive-date = 2012-02-24|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lubuntu.net/|title=lubuntu|website=lubuntu|access-date=2018-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221225231/https://lubuntu.net/|archive-date=2018-12-21|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Ubuntu Budgie]]
| An official derivative of Ubuntu using [[Budgie (desktop environment)|Budgie]].
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|[[Ubuntu Cinnamon]]
|An official derivative of Ubuntu using the [[Cinnamon (desktop environment)|Cinnamon]] desktop environment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sneddon |first=Joey |date=2023-03-28 |title=Ubuntu Cinnamon Now Official Ubuntu Flavour |url=https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/03/ubuntu-cinnamon-new-official-flavor |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=OMG! Ubuntu! |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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| [[Ubuntu Kylin]]
| An official derivative aimed at the Chinese market.
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| [[Ubuntu MATE]]
| An official derivative of Ubuntu using [[MATE (software)|MATE]], a desktop environment forked from the now-defunct GNOME 2 code base, with an emphasis on the [[desktop metaphor]].<ref name="Sneddon01Mar15">{{cite news|url = http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/02/ubuntu-15-04-beta-downloads-now-live-ubuntu-mate-made-an-official-flavor|title = Ubuntu 15.04 Beta Available to Download, Ubuntu MATE Is Now An Official Flavor|access-date = 1 March 2015|last = Sneddon|first = Joey|date = 1 March 2015|work = OMG Ubuntu|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150317051604/http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/02/ubuntu-15-04-beta-downloads-now-live-ubuntu-mate-made-an-official-flavor|archive-date = 17 March 2015|url-status = live}}</ref>
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| [[Ubuntu Server]]
| An official derivative made for use in servers & [[IBM mainframe]]s. Ubuntu Server handles mail, controls printers, acts as a fileserver, can host [[LAMP (software bundle)|LAMP]] and more.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ubuntu.com/server|title=Ubuntu Server - for scale out workloads - Ubuntu|website=www.ubuntu.com|access-date=2018-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223192409/https://www.ubuntu.com/server|archive-date=2018-12-23|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Ubuntu Studio]]
| Based on Ubuntu, providing open-source applications for [[multimedia]] creation aimed at the audio, video and graphic editors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ubuntustudio.org/|title=Ubuntu Studio|access-date=2012-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307102013/http://ubuntustudio.org/|archive-date=2013-03-07|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[Ubuntu Unity]]
|An official derivative of Ubuntu using the [[Unity (user interface)|Unity]] desktop environment.<ref name="Evangelho12May20">{{cite web |last=Evangelho |first=Jason |date=12 May 2020 |title=A Surprising New Remix Of Ubuntu 20.04 Brings Unity Back To Life |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2020/05/12/a-surprising-new-remix-of-ubuntu-2004-revives-the-unity-desktop/#1634f35c275b |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200620203216/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2020/05/12/a-surprising-new-remix-of-ubuntu-2004-revives-the-unity-desktop/%235fae9b1d275b |archive-date=20 June 2020 |access-date=20 June 2020 |work=[[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ubuntu Unity Becoming An Official Flavor With 22.10 Release |url=https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Unity-22.10-Official |access-date=2022-10-22 |website=www.phoronix.com |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022000933/https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Unity-22.10-Official |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| [[Xubuntu]]
| An official derivative of Ubuntu using [[Xfce]]. Xubuntu is intended for use on less-powerful computers or those who seek a highly efficient desktop environment on faster systems, and uses mostly [[GTK]] applications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://xubuntu.org/|title=Xubuntu|website=xubuntu.org|access-date=2018-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226084929/https://xubuntu.org/|archive-date=2018-12-26|url-status=live}}</ref>
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