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I'm looking for an Ubuntu 22.04 derivative, which has DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu. I would like to be able to use software SDK, which require Ubuntu 22.04, e.g. OneAPI, ROS 2, Gazebo, CUDA, etc. I tried Linux Mint 21, but it has DISTRIB_ID=Mint. Do officially supported Ubuntu flavors have DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu?

I checked Ubuntu Mate and it shows DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu.

Paul Jurczak
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  • All flavors of Ubuntu use the package base-files which exists in Ubuntu repositories, thus will identify themselves as Ubuntu. Only 3rd party OSes (like Linux Mint) or remixes may use 3rd party packages. – guiverc Nov 22 '22 at 08:12

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All flavors of Ubuntu use the package base-files which exists in Ubuntu repositories, thus will identify themselves as Ubuntu.

Only 3rd party OSes (eg.your mentioned Linux Mint) or remixes may use 3rd party packages. Official flavors cannot.

guiverc
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  • Ubuntu flavors can decide what they put on their ISOs through seed files, but they'll only grab packages in official Ubuntu repositories, with the build infrastructure being the same as what builds all Ubuntu images (ie. Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server etc...) The largest difference is probably the flavors use 'universe', after all we're part of wider Ubuntu community. – guiverc Nov 22 '22 at 08:49