Framework | Managed by | Comments |
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HbbTV | HbbTV Association | An HTML5-based application framework middleware software platform provided by the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV association. |
CE-HTML | CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) | As part of Web4CE. |
OIPF | Open IPTV Forum | As of June 2014, OIPF is now part of the HbbTV Association. |
Tru2way | CableLabs |
Framework | Managed by | Used by | Comment |
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Android TV |
| Gives access to Android apps through the Play Store. | |
Boxee | Boxee, Inc | D-Link | Popular fork of the Kodi/XBMC media center software with custom graphical user interface and some proprietaryapplication framework for apps.[3][4] |
Fire TV | Amazon |
| |
Firefox OS for TV, My Home Screen | Mozilla | Panasonic | Panasonic's Smart TVs, including their new 4K TVs, continue to feature Mozilla's open source Firefox OS, despite Mozilla lowering its development priority on developing the operating system. [6] Panasonic is continuing to develop their fork, calling it My Home Screen while Mozilla has stated that they will continue to support and work with Panasonic[7][8] |
Frog | Wyplay | SFR | Used by some IPTV operators, such as SFR in France on its set-top-box |
Google TV |
| Android-based platform.[9] Its development stopped in 2013[10] and it is replaced by Chromecast and Android TV. | |
Horizon TV | Liberty Global | A cross-platform platform based fork of the Kodi/XBMC media center software with proprietary middleware framework for video on demand and handling DRM for streaming cable television channels. | |
httvLink | HTTV |
| HbbTV-compliant |
Inview | Inview Technology Ltd |
| Connects an ordinary TV (or set-top box) to get IPTV.[11][12] |
Kodi Entertainment Center (formerly XBMC / Xbox Media Media Center) | XBMC Foundation | Open source cross-platform media center and DVR/PVR frontend software. | |
MeeGo | Nokia, The Linux Foundation | Middleware for smart TV. Now split into Tizen, Mer, and Sailfish OS)[13] (Linux Foundation, Intel, AMD[14]), currently based on a derivative fork of Kodi/XBMC media center software[15][16][17][18] | |
Mediaroom | Ericsson (formerly Microsoft) | Offered by 90 operators around the world | Middleware for pay-TV operators[19][20][21] |
OpenTV | Nagravision |
| Middleware for pay-TV operators |
Vewd (formerly Opera TV) | Vewd |
| |
Oregan Media Browser 5 | Oregan Networks |
| Middleware for pay-TV operators, deployed by large telecoms and cable operators such as BT and Telefónica on hybrid STBs |
Plex | Plex, Inc | Closed source cross-platform media center with proprietary streaming functionality to numerous devices. Started out as a popular fork of the Kodi/XBMC media center software. | |
PowerUp Suite | Zodiac Interactive |
| Middleware, presentation engine, low level adaptation, back office mediation for Tier 1 through Tier 3 pay TV operators |
Roku TV [22] | Roku |
| |
RDK (Reference Development Kit) | RDK Management, LLC |
| |
Smart TV Alliance | Smart TV Alliance |
| A common SDK for TV app development and publishing for TV vendors. |
ToFu Media Platform | Pivos |
| Cross-platform fork of Kodi/XBMC media center licensed to third parties and other commercial partners as OEM. |
Ubuntu TV | Canonical | Ubuntu operating system[23][24][25] based platform, with Unity Next user interface for TV. | |
Yahoo! Smart TV (formerly Yahoo! Connected TV) | Yahoo! |
| |
Shijiu TV | Shijiu, Inc |
| Middleware for internet TV. A cross-platform high-performance OpenGL based HTML5 engine licensed to third parties and other commercial partners as OEM. Also known as 'QCast'. |
Vendor | Platform | Devices |
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Amazon | Fire TV | For Fire TV devices, including Fire TV Stick. |
Apple | tvOS | For Apple TV devices. iOS-based, with an app store. For Apple TV generation 4 and later. |
Apple | Apple TV Software | For Apple TV devices, generations 1 to 3. iOS-based. Initially based on Mac OS X Tiger and Front Row. |
Chromecast | For Chromecast HDMI dongles. | |
Haier | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
Hisense | Android TV | For TV sets. |
Hisense | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
Hisense | VIDAA / VIDAA U | Former solution for TV sets. The newer TV models use the Android TV platform |
Hitachi | Roku TV | |
Insignia | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
LG | webOS Smart TV | Current solution for TV sets.[26] |
LG | NetCast | Former solution for TV sets.[27][28][29][30][31] |
Microsoft | Xbox One | For Xbox One game console. More Smart TV features and TV apps expected with the Windows 10 update, that include the Windows Universal App Store. |
Microsoft | Xbox 360 | For Xbox 360 game console, with smart TV features. |
Netgear | NeoTV | For NeoTV streaming players. |
Nvidia | Android TV | For Nvidia Shield TVs. |
Panasonic | Viera Cast and Viera Connect | For TV sets. The newer TV models now use the Firefox OS TV platform (no longer vendor specific). |
Panasonic | My Home Screen | For TV sets.[1] |
Philips | Android TV | For TV sets. |
Philips | Net TV | Former solution for TV sets. The newer TV models use the Android TV platform |
Samsung | Tizen OS for TV | For newer TV sets. |
Samsung | Samsung Smart TV (Orsay OS) | Former solution for TV sets and connected Blu-ray players. Now replaced by Tizen OS.[32] |
Sharp | Android TV | For TV sets. |
Sharp | AQUOS NET+ | Former solution for TV sets. |
Sharp | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
Sharp | SmartCentral | Former solution for TV sets. |
Sony | Android TV | For TV sets. |
Sony | PlayStation TV with Sony Entertainment Network | For PlayStation game console.[33][34] |
Sony | Sony Internet TV (Sony Apps) | Former solution for TV sets. The newer TV models use the Android TV platform (no longer vendor specific). |
TCL | Android TV | For TV sets. The newer TV models use the Roku TV platform |
TCL | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
TCL | Smart TV 2 | Former solution for TV sets. |
TiVo | TiVo | For TiVo DVR box. |
Toshiba | Android TV | For TV sets. |
Toshiba | Toshiba Places | Former solution for TV sets. The newer TV models use the Android TV platform |
Sling Media | Slingbox | For Slingbox set-top-boxes. |
Skyworth | Android TV | For TV sets. |
Western Digital | WD TV | For WD TV boxes. |
Westinghouse | Android TV | For TV sets. |
Westinghouse | Fire TV | For TV sets. |
Westinghouse | Roku TV | For TV sets. |
Westinghouse | SAMBA | Former solution for TV sets. |
Developer | Canonical Ltd. |
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OS family | Linux |
Working state | Current |
Source model | Open-source,[1][2] some proprietarydrivers[3] |
Initial release | 20 October 2004 (14 years ago) |
Latest release | Ubuntu 19.04 / 18 April 2019 (5 months ago)[4] |
Latest preview | Ubuntu 19.10 Beta / 26 September 2019 (7 days ago) |
Repository | |
Marketing target | Cloud computing, IoT, personal computers, servers |
Available in | More than 55 languages by LoCos |
Update method | Software Updater |
Package manager | GNOME Software, APT, dpkg, Snappy, flatpak |
Platforms | IA-32, x86-64; ARMhf (ARMv7 + VFPv3-D16), ARM64; and only for servers: ppc64le (POWER8 and later), s390x[5] |
Kernel type | Monolithic |
Userland | GNU |
Default user interface | GNOME |
License | Free software |
Official website | www.ubuntu.com |
Free software | Non-free software | |
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Canonical supported software domains | Main | Restricted |
Unsupported | Universe | Multiverse |
Version | Code name | Release date | Supported until | |
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16.04 LTS | Xenial Xerus[94] | 2016-04-21[95] | Older version, yet still supported: 2021-04 | |
16.10 | Yakkety Yak[96] | 2016-10-13[97] | Old version, no longer supported: 2017-07-20[98] | |
17.04 | Zesty Zapus | 2017-04-13[99] | Old version, no longer supported: 2018-01-13[100] | |
17.10 | Artful Aardvark | 2017-10-19[101] | Old version, no longer supported: 2018-07-19[102] | |
18.04 LTS | Bionic Beaver | 2018-04-26[103] | Older version, yet still supported: 2023-04[20] | |
18.10 | Cosmic Cuttlefish[104] | 2018-10-18[105] | Old version, no longer supported: 2019-07 | |
19.04 | Disco Dingo | 2019-04-18[106] | Current stable version:2020-01 | |
19.10 | Eoan Ermine[107] | 2019-10-17[108] | Latest preview version of a future release: 2020-07 | |
20.04 | TBA | 2020-04 | Future release: 2023-04 | |
Old version Latest version Future release |
Distribution | Description | |
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Kubuntu | An official derivative of Ubuntu Linux using KDE instead of the GNOME or Unity interfaces used by default in Ubuntu.[123] | |
Lubuntu | Lubuntu is a project that is an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system that is 'lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient', using the LXQtdesktop environment (used LXDE before 18.10).[124][125][126] | |
Ubuntu Budgie | An official derivative of Ubuntu using Budgie. | |
Ubuntu Kylin | An official derivative aimed at the Chinese market. | |
Ubuntu MATE | An official derivative of Ubuntu using MATE, a desktop environment forked from the now-defunct GNOME 2 code base, with an emphasis on the desktop metaphor.[127] | |
Ubuntu Server | Ubuntu has a server edition that uses the same APT repositories as the Ubuntu Desktop Edition. The differences between them are the absence of an X Window environment in a default installation of the server edition (although one can easily be installed, including Unity, GNOME, KDE or Xfce), and some alterations to the installation process.[128] The server edition uses a screen-mode, character-based interface for the installation, instead of a graphical installation process. This enables installation on machines with a serial or 'dumb terminal' interface without graphics support. Since version 10.10, the server edition (like the desktop version) supports hardware virtualization and can be run in a virtual machine, either inside a host operating system or in a hypervisor, such as VMwareESXi, Oracle, CitrixXenServer, MicrosoftHyper-V, QEMU, a Kernel-based Virtual Machine, or any other IBM PC compatible emulator or virtualizer. Ubuntu 7.10 and later turn on the AppArmor security module for the Linux kernel by default on key software packages, and the firewall is extended to common services used by the operating system.
It has up-to-date versions of key server software pre-installed, including: Tomcat (v8), PostgreSQL (v9.5), Docker v(1.10), Puppet (v3.8.5), Qemu (v2.5), Libvirt (v1.3.1), LXC (v2.0), and MySQL (v5.6).[130] | |
Ubuntu Studio | Based on Ubuntu, providing open-source applications for multimedia creation aimed at the audio, video and graphic editors.[134] | |
Xubuntu | An official derivative of Ubuntu using Xfce. Xubuntu is intended for use on less-powerful computers or those who seek a highly efficient desktop environment on faster systems, and uses mostly GTK+ applications.[135] | |
Ubuntu Touch | Designed for use with touchscreen devices. |
Distribution | Description |
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Edubuntu | A complete Linux based operating system targeted for primary and secondary education. It is freely available with community based support. The Edubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the Edubuntu Manifesto: that software, especially for education, should be available free of charge and that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities. No longer under active development.[136] |
Gobuntu | Gobuntu was an official derivative of the Ubuntu operating system, aiming to provide a distribution consisting entirely of free software. It was officially announced by Mark Shuttleworth on 10 July 2007, and daily builds of Gobuntu 7.10 began to be publicly released. The project ended around the release of 8.04 and has since merged into mainline Ubuntu as a 'free software' option.[137] |
Mythbuntu | Based on Ubuntu and MythTV, providing applications for recording TV and acting as a media centre.[138] On 4 November 2016, the development team announced the end of Mythbuntu as a separate distribution, citing insufficient developers. |
Ubuntu for Android | Designed for use with Android phones.[139] No longer under active development. |
Ubuntu GNOME | Formerly an official Ubuntu variant,[140] but since 17.10, which uses Gnome Shell as its default desktop and GDM as its display manager, this has been merged into mainline releases.[141] |
Ubuntu JeOS | 'Just Enough OS' – was described as 'an efficient variant .. configured specifically for virtual appliances'.[142] Since the release of Ubuntu 8.10 it has been included as an option as part of the standard Ubuntu Server Edition. |
Ubuntu Mobile | An embedded operating system designed for use on mobile devices. The operating system will use Hildon from maemo as its graphical frontend. Ubuntu Touch is a successor to Ubuntu Mobile. |
Ubuntu Netbook Edition | Netbook Edition was an official derivative of Ubuntu designed for netbooks using the Intel Atom processor. Starting from Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu Netbook Edition has been merged into the desktop edition.[143] |
Ubuntu TV | Designed for use with TVs.[144] |
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Server Edition supports four (4) major architectures: AMD64, ARM, POWER8, LinuxONE and z Systems
Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS includes support for the very latest ARM-based server systems [..] Ubuntu delivers server-grade performance on ARM
Key in maximizing the value of the Obama campaign's IT spending was its use of open source tools and open architectures. Linux—particularly Ubuntu—was used as the server operating system of choice.
Goobuntu use is encouraged and 'All our development tools are for Ubuntu.'
Obviously, Ubuntu was going to be at the top of the list.[..] Ubuntu has done more to put desktop Linux into the hands of the common man than any other distribution out there.