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| == An Official flavor of Ubuntu == | == An Official Flavor of Ubuntu == |
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| Ubuntu Studio is an official [[DerivativeTeam/Derivatives|flavor]] of Ubuntu, which means the following: * Ubuntu Studio shares [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu|repositories]] with Ubuntu, and other Ubuntu flavors, so the main difference between Ubuntu and Ubuntu Studio is really what packages and settings you get when doing a standard desktop installation. * Most of the packages are directly imported from [[http://debian.org|Debian]] repos, from their testing and unstable releases and experiemental repository. (More about Debian/Ubuntu on the wiki: [[http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debian]]) |
Being an official [[DerivativeTeam/Derivatives|flavor]] of Ubuntu means the following: * Ubuntu Studio shares [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu|repositories]] with Ubuntu, as does other official Ubuntu flavors. This means you can install the same packages from any official Ubuntu flavor. The main difference between flavors is which packages and settings get pre-installed when installing using one of the [[http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/|installer ISOs]]. * Most of the multimedia packages provided by Ubuntu Studio are directly imported from [[http://debian.org|Debian]] repositories, which means we do not package them. Read more about Debian/Ubuntu here: [[http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debian]] |
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| == About FLOSS and free software licenses == | == Ubuntu Studio and Free Software Licenses == |
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| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software|FLOSS]] stands for Free Libre Open Source Software. With some minor exceptions, such as non-free wifi drivers in the kernel, all the applications you use on Ubuntu Studio are truly FLOSS. There are many licenses that provide freedom for the user. One of the more common ones is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License|GPL]], the Gnu General Public License. Free software is btw not the same as freeware, and Ubuntu Studio will never include freeware. Only free software. | [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software|FLOSS]] stands for Free Libre Open Source Software. With some minor exceptions, such as non-free wifi drivers in the kernel, all the applications you get with Ubuntu Studio are truly FLOSS. == Volunteer Project == Ubuntu Studio is a community project, developed by volunteers. We develop Ubuntu Studio on our free time, and our only goal is to make Ubuntu Studio a great, free OS for linux multimedia. |
What is Ubuntu Studio?
An Official Flavor of Ubuntu
Being an official flavor of Ubuntu means the following:
Ubuntu Studio shares repositories with Ubuntu, as does other official Ubuntu flavors. This means you can install the same packages from any official Ubuntu flavor. The main difference between flavors is which packages and settings get pre-installed when installing using one of the installer ISOs.
Most of the multimedia packages provided by Ubuntu Studio are directly imported from Debian repositories, which means we do not package them. Read more about Debian/Ubuntu here: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debian
Ubuntu Studio and Free Software Licenses
FLOSS stands for Free Libre Open Source Software. With some minor exceptions, such as non-free wifi drivers in the kernel, all the applications you get with Ubuntu Studio are truly FLOSS.
Volunteer Project
Ubuntu Studio is a community project, developed by volunteers. We develop Ubuntu Studio on our free time, and our only goal is to make Ubuntu Studio a great, free OS for linux multimedia.
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