5.2 Ubuntu flavor

Distro 🆚 Flavor

• ✔️ Distro: Type of linux(👀 Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat…)

• ✔️ Flavor: Graphical aspect of the distro
• desktop Environment of the Distro
• also called DE
• 👀 There can be several flavors of ubuntu
• difference between the flavors is normally the hardware requirements

Some people say
"I do not like ubuntu because it is so heavy"

But there can be a ubuntu with a lighter flavor.

👀 Imagine you have Ubuntu 24.04 3 LTS
- this means
- distro: Ubuntu
- version: 24.04 3 LTS

- if the version is too heavy/demanding
- no need to go back to Ubuntu 22

- 💊 use Lubuntu 24.04 3
- change flavor
- "L" means light

- if this flavor is not your type
- you also have Xubuntu 24.04 3
- this is also light

- If this flavor is not your graphical likes,
- you can also choose Kubuntu 24.04 3...

- 👉🏻 Stay with 24.04 3 LTS version
- change the flavor

✅ Flavor GNOME3

• aspect similar to tablet, phones…
• most typical flavor used for Linux

✔️ has a graphical aspect like tables and phones

• 1️⃣ buttons that look like phone/tablet button
• 2️⃣ bar with favorites doc or dash
• 3️⃣ network button on the top right corner
• 4️⃣ battery button: has all the important settings

✔️ GNOME exists in the following linux distros

• if not mentioned, linux default is GNOME

• manjero linux
• debian
• ubuntu
• solus
• zoris OS
• Fedora
• CentOS
• openSUSE
• POP! OS
• Kali Linbux
• Mageria

✅ KDE PLASMA

• looks like windows
• for transitioning window users to linux

✔️ PLASMA exists in the following linux distros

• Manjaro Linux
• Debian
• Solus
• KDE Neon
• PCLinuxOS
• openSUSE
• Kali Linux
• Kubuntu: Distro Ubuntu with KDE flavor
• OpenMandriva Lx
• Gentoo Linux, use KDE Plasma 5

✅ FXCE(light)

• looks like mac
• very simple
• X: light, low grpahic resources

✔️ FXCE exists in the following linux distros

• MX Linux
• Manjaro
• Linux Mint
• Debian
• Zorin OS
• PCLinuxOS
• Kali Linux
• Xubuntu: Ubuntu distro with FXCE flavor
• Mageia…

✅ LXQE and LXQt(light)

• similar to windows with low resources
• also for users who want to transition from windows to ubuntu
• and has a very low graphic hardware

✔️ LXQE exists in the following linux distros

• Lubuntu
• Peppermint OS
• Debian

❓ Which is lighter? FXCE or LXQE?
Most typical characteristsics of linux flavor

- FXCE is lighter in terms of graphics
- L, Lubuntu is lighter in terms of RAM

- K: windows aspect of linux
- GNOME: most standard

✅ BUDGIE

• bit similiar to windows
• requires very high graphic resources
• too much graphic neeeds
• so not many linux distros can use it
• not very distributed

✔️ Only linux distro that uses BUDGIE is

• Solus

✅ Cinnamon

• windows aspect

• ⭐️ ForKing: when a branch of a company deviates from the original company

• GNOME2 suffered forking, split into two
• (1)ppl who voted for tablet aspect, created GNOME3
• (2) ppl who voted for windows apsect, created cinnamon

✔️ Linux distro that uses Cinnamon is

• Linux Mint

✅ Mate

• another forking from GNOME2

✔️ Linux distro that uses Mate is

• Linux Mint: has mate or cinnamon flavor

✅ DDP3, Deepin

• requires huge graphic needs
• very similar to windows

✔️ Linux distro that uses Deepin is

• ArchLinux

✅ Pantheon

• has a mac flavor, for transitioning from mac

✔️ Linux distro that uses Pantheon is

• Elementary

✅ Edubuntu

• for training linux for your team
• very easy to install, has tutorials

✅ Ubuntu studio

• for graphic designers

✅ Ubuntu Unity

• for video game designs

📌 Flavor label in webpage

• all the manuals of Linux are not in the same page
• it is split in different platforms
• as it is only for technical users

• linux releease ➡️ in ubuntu projects webpage
• for downloading linux ➡️ in ubuntu downloads webpage
• for flavors ➡️ in ubuntu downlaods webpage > desktop > flavors

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