Ubuntu turns 10: A look back at desktop Linux standard bearer | Linux Today

Ubuntu turns 10: A look back at desktop Linux standard bearer

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Jon Gold
Oct 21, 2014

The year of the Linux desktop is here! No, the Linux desktop is dead! Tech pundits differ, to say the least, on a lot of topics in the world of free and open-source software, but it’s inarguable that Ubuntu has been the most influential Linux desktop distribution of the past decade. On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, here’s a brief look back.

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Jon Gold

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