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Ubuntu Desktop for developers

Whether you’re a mobile app developer, an engineering manager, a music or
video editor or a financial analyst with large-scale models to run — in fact, anyone
in need of a powerful machine for your work — Ubuntu is the ideal platform.

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Why use Ubuntu for development?

The fastest route from development to deployment on desktop, mobile,
server or cloud
The broadest and best development tools and libraries
All the most popular productivity apps such as Slack, Skype, Telegram and
Discord, available in the snap store
Official snaps for Visual Studio Code and the JetBrains suite of IDEs
Hassle free gaming and AI development with nVIDIA GPUs supported out
the box
Certified AI and developer laptops and workstations available from Dell,
Lenovo and HP — get a seamless, pre-installed Ubuntu experience
Lightweight; run natively or in a VM
Ideal for any resource-intensive environment, from data mining to large-
scale financial modelling

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Source: Eclipse Community survey, 2014, Stackoverflow annual survey 2016

* This graph excludes non-Linux OSs

With Ubuntu, you’re in good company

Ubuntu is used by thousands of development teams around the world because of
its versatility, reliability, constantly updated features, and extensive developer
libraries.

If you’re managing developers, Ubuntu is the best way to increase your team’s
productivity and guarantee a smooth transition from development all the way to
production. Ubuntu is the world’s most popular open source OS for both
development and deployment, from the data centre to the cloud to the Internet of
Things.

Learn more about Ubuntu’s cloud offering ›

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What’s new in Ubuntu 20.10?

Support for the Raspberry Pi 4 with 4GB and 8GB RAM
Linux 5.8 kernel
GNOME Desktop 3.38 with all the latest features
Uniquely generated QR codes for sharing private WiFi hotspots
LibreOffice 7.0
Thunderbird email client integrated calendar and user friendly PGP
encryption
Improved settings for battery percentage and microphone mute status
New photographic and Raspberry Pi themed wallpapers

Read the full release notes <https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/groovy-gorilla-

release-notes/15533>

What’s new in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

Ubuntu 20.04 is the latest LTS release. Alongside support for the very latest
hardware, this release includes new versions of many core apps and developer
technologies.

Linux 5.4 kernel

The fastest and most responsive GNOME Desktop, running v3.36 by default
A new default theme, Yaru, gives Ubuntu a fresh new look
Improved settings for WiFi, wallpaper and application groups in the
Activities overview
Change between a light or dark environment directly from system settings
Support for ZFS as your root filesystem as well as zsys, with system
snapshots, rolling backwards and forwards between snapshots and
automated snapshots
Latest versions of the popular browsers
LibreOffice 6.4
nVIDIA hardware is now supported out of the box

Read the full release notes

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes>

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All the tools developers need

Whether your team uses Python, Ruby, Node.js or Java, no operating system is
easier to set up than Ubuntu. Everything your developers need is just a snapor an
aptaway.

Want to get your app published for Ubuntu? Snapcraft can help you reach all
users of current Ubuntu versions and other popular distributions.

Learn more about publishing with Snapcraft › <https://snapcraft.io>

We want to be able to deliver the same high-quality experience on

Linux as we do on other platforms. Snaps allow us to do just that, by
giving us the ability to push the latest features straight to our users, no
matter what device or distribution they happen to use.

Jonáš Tajrych, Senior Software Engineer at Skype at Microsoft

Package, distribute, and update apps with

Snapcraft
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular
Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back
gracefully. Whether you’re building for desktop, cloud, or the Internet of Things,
publishing as a snap will keep users up to date and make system configuration
issues less likely, freeing you to code more and debug less.

Snapcraft, the open source tool to publish snaps, picks up from your existing
build artefacts or language of choice, be it Python, Go, C/C++, Node.js, or even
.NET. With 20 minutes you can have your first app built and released in the Snap
Store.

Find out more about snaps <https://snapcraft.io/>

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Get started with Snaps

The easiest way to build and publish a snap is with snapcraft,
which supports building from source and from existing packages.

Installation instructions › <https://docs.snapcraft.io/installing-

snapd>

Use snap commands › <https://docs.snapcraft.io/getting-started>

Build your first snap › <https://snapcraft.io/first-snap>

By developers, for developers

Ubuntu is the result of contributions by thousands of developers, motivated by
the desire to create their own perfect developer environment. That’s why it’s used
by some of the world’s most exciting technology companies and it’s why Valve
decided to port its hugely popular Steam virtual games store to Ubuntu. Ubuntu
runs on architectures from x86 to ARM and on cloud platforms from OpenStack
to Azure and EC2. This versatility makes it the ideal choice for companies with a
diverse hardware infrastructure.

See all Ubuntu certified PCs <https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop>

Ubuntu has been the perfect OS given its popularity with developers
and its cloud capabilities. That’s why it’s preloaded on the 4th
generation of our XPS 13 laptop and our new Precision M3800 Mobile
Workstation.

Barton George, Director of developer programs at Dell services

Learn more about Dell’s developer edition line

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Deployment made easy

When it comes to speed and simplicity of deployment, nothing touches Ubuntu.

Taking a service developed on the desktop and running it on a server or in the

cloud just works. Ubuntu also has developed Juju, a service orchestration tool,
that simplifies the often-cumbersome handover between development and ops
teams — and it speeds the process up dramatically.

More about Juju <https://jujucharms.com/>

Support tailored to developers’ needs

With Ubuntu Advantage and Landscape, you can standardise your developer
workstations. It helps you manage updates, security patches, and reporting, while
minimising downtime. Give your developers the freedom they want while retaining
the control you need.

Learn more about Ubuntu Advantage ›

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