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
flavorsof ubuntu - difference between the flavors is normally the hardware requirements
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Some people say
"I do not like ubuntu because it is so heavy"
But there can be a ubuntu with a lighter flavor.
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👀 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
docordash - 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
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❓ 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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⭐️⭐️⭐️ EXAM ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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