The first version of Ubuntu was released on October 20, 2004, with this logo. The logo is meant to symbolise freedom, collaboration, precision and reliability. This logo is still used in a tile in the gnome-mahjongg game in the distro.
2010–2022[]
Versions 10.04 Lucid Lynx–21.10 Impish Indri[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Ubuntu Regular
Launched:
April 29, 2010
Print variant
Variant with light orange symbol
"Circle of Friends" symbol
Light orange of "Circle of Friends" symbol
Print symbol
The new logo was released alongside Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04). It puts the graphical part of the previous logo in a circle, and changes the typeface to 'Ubuntu'. This logo still used on official website until Early 2024.
2022–present[]
Versions 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish–present[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Ubuntu Light
Launched:
April 29, 2022
Logo with "Canonical"
"Circle of Friends" symbol
Print symbol
In 2022, another new logo was revealed, with the "Circle of Friends" being redesigned and put in a rectangle, the wordmark was made thinner and the wordmark has its U capitalized.
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