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Ubuntu is the world's favourite Linux operating system. Run it on your laptop, workstation, server or IoT device, with five years of free security updates.


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Fast, free and full of new features. The latest release of Ubuntu Desktop delivers new tools and enhancements for developers, creators, gamers and administrators. Replace your current operating system or run Ubuntu alongside it.



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Whether you want to configure a simple file server or build a fifty thousand-node cloud, you can rely on Ubuntu Server and its five years of free updates.


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Ubuntu flavours offer a unique way to experience Ubuntu with different choices of default applications and settings, backed by the full Ubuntu archive for packages and updates.


Ubuntu is the leading cloud guest OS and the only free cloud operating system with the option of enterprise-grade commercial support.


Ubuntu Core is a strictly confined and immutable Ubuntu with optimised size, performance and security for edge systems.


Alternative downloads


BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer download network that sometimes enables higher download speeds and more reliable downloads of large files.


For the full list of available Ubuntu images, we recommend you select a mirror local to you.


Looking for an older release of Ubuntu? Whether you need a POWER, IBMz (s390x), ARM, an obsolete release or a previous LTS point release with its original stack, you can find them in past releases.


The network installer lets you install Ubuntu over a network. It includes the minimal set of packages needed to start and the rest of the packages are downloaded over the network.


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Professional support for Ubuntu

Get professional support for Ubuntu from Canonical. We help organisations around the world to manage their Ubuntu cloud, server and desktop deployments.


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