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Ubuntu is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on August 5, 2006.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
June 19, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
July 15, 2006	Featured article candidate	Promoted
November 21, 2006	Featured article review	Demoted
May 13, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
June 16, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
July 8, 2008	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
October 30, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
July 14, 2014	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Current status: Former featured article

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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination.

Move logs: Ubuntu
Ubuntu (operating system)

Discussions:

RM, Ubuntu (operating system) → Ubuntu, Move, 30 April 2008, Talk:Ubuntu (disambiguation)/Archive 1#Revisiting primary topic
RM, Ubuntu → Ubuntu (operating system), Move, 4 August 2009, Talk:Ubuntu (disambiguation)/Archive 1#RFC: Where should the redirect point?
RM, Ubuntu (operating system) → Ubuntu, No consensus, 16 January 2011, Talk:Ubuntu (disambiguation)/Archive 3#Requested move
RM, Ubuntu (operating system) → Ubuntu, No consensus, 21 September 2013, Talk:Ubuntu/Archive 13#Requested move
RM, Ubuntu (operating system) → Ubuntu, Move, 8 September 2018, Talk:Ubuntu/Archive 14#Requested move 8 September 2018
RM, Ubuntu → Ubuntu (operating system), Not moved, 10 May 2023, Talk:Ubuntu#Requested move 10 May 2023