Ubuntu is one of the most popular GNU-Linux based operating systems in the Linux world. But there’s more to Ubuntu than Ubuntu.
Let me explain.
There are 9 members of the ‘Ubuntu family’ that are recognized as official flavors (i.e., Linux distributions that use the same operating system base but feature different desktop environments).
Before being recognized as an official Ubuntu flavor, each project has to go through a process. But the efforts are worth it. There are clear advantages to being an official flavor: the projects get access to Canonical’s infrastructure, which hosts main images of the project as well as direct access to the official repositories.
Without further ado, let’s meet the family…
