You are taking the "Basic Information about Ubuntu" quiz. Answer the questions you see in the pages and then hit "Submit" to see which questions you got right or wrong. You may share your results with your friends afterwords about the quiz you just took or challenge them to score better than you! By the way, don't forget to support us on Patreon. We can publish more of these nice quizzes if more people join the cause. 1. Ubuntu is: An operating system A web browser A file manager A kernel 2. The relationship between Ubuntu and Linux is that: Ubuntu is a Linux kernel Ubuntu is a Linux distribution Ubuntu is a Linux boot loader Ubuntu is a Linux desktop environment 3. Ubuntu is developed by: The Linux Foundation Google Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu Ltd. 4. Ubuntu was first released in: 2002 2004 1999 2006 5. Ubuntu is released every: 2 years year six months month 6. Ubuntu with long-term support (LTS) is released every: 2 years year six months month 7. Ubuntu Server is: The next generation of Ubuntu An old version of Ubuntu A background process that runs on every Ubuntu machine The Ubuntu version for the cloud 8. Ubuntu is built on: Linux Mint Debian Gentoo Arch Linux 9. The default GUI for Ubuntu Desktop is: KDE XFCE GNOME 3 LXDE 10. The Ubuntu Desktop comes with: No software Only Firefox LibreOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Transmission and other software Only the package manager 3 out of 2 You have finished your quiz. Either go back to review your answers or hit "Submit" below to get your results! Time is Up! Time's up
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