The operating system is developed by the British company Canonical, and a community of other developers, under a meritocratic governance model. Ubuntu is officially released in multiple editions: Desktop, Server, and Core for Internet of things devices and robots. Ubuntu ( / ʊ ˈ b ʊ n t uː/ ⓘ uu- BUUN-too) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. Free software + some proprietary device drivers
