Ubuntu Desktop documentation

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Ubuntu Desktop is a secure, modern operating system used by millions of users at home, for development and in enterprise.

Ubuntu offers essential applications for web browsing, messaging, gaming, and content creation, including Firefox, Chrome, Discord, Steam, and OBS Studio, supporting all your daily computing needs.

In this documentation

Tutorial

Get started: a hands-on introduction to Ubuntu Desktop for new users

Tutorials
How-to guides

Step-by-step guides covering key operations and common tasks

How-to guides
Reference

Technical information: cheat sheets, specifications, APIs, architecture

Reference
Explanation

Concepts: discussion and clarification of key topics

Explanation
Accessibility

Accessible features in Desktop | Accessibility stack | AT-SPI DBus XML interfaces

Open-source contributors

Large parts of this guide are based on documentation written by open-source communities. We wish to thank them for their work: