--- title: Results of the Ubuntu Desktop Applications Survey description: I had the distinct honor to deliver the closing keynote of the UbuCon Europe conference in Paris a few weeks ago.  First off — what a beautiful conference and venue!  Kudos to the organizers who really put together a truly remarkable event. […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/results-of-the-ubuntu-desktop-applications-survey?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Dustin Kirkland](https://canonical.com/blog/author/dustin-kirkland-2 "More about Dustin Kirkland") 19 September 2017 # Results of the Ubuntu Desktop Applications Survey [Artful Aardvark](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/artful-aardvark) [ubucon](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubucon) [video](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/video) --- Share the article *This article originally appeared on [Dustin Kirkland’s blog](http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2017/09/results-of-ubuntu-desktop-applications.html)* I had the distinct honor to deliver the closing keynote of the [UbuCon Europe](http://ubucon.org/en/events/ubucon-europe/) conference in Paris a few weeks ago.  First off — what a beautiful [conference](https://ubucon.paris/) and [venue](http://www.cite-sciences.fr/en/home/)!  Kudos to the organizers who really put together a truly remarkable event.  And many thanks to the gentleman (*Elias*?) who brought me a bottle of his family’s favorite champagne, as a gift on Day 2 🙂  I should give more talks in France! In my keynote, I presented the results of the *[Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Default Desktops Applications Survey](http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2017/07/ubuntu-1804-lts-desktop-default.html)*, which was discussed at length on [HackerNews](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14819508), [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/6on93z/ubuntu_1804_lts_desktop_default_application_survey/), and [Slashdot](https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/07/21/1258245/ask-slashdot-ubuntu-1804-lts-desktop-default-application-survey).  With the help of the Ubuntu Desktop team (led by Will Cooke), we processed over 15,000 survey responses and in this presentation, I discussed some of the insights of the data. The team is now hard at work evaluating many of the suggested applications, for those of you that aren’t into the [all-Emacs spin of Ubuntu](https://twitter.com/popey/status/906889259700903942) 😉 Moreover, we’re also investigating a potential approach to make the Ubuntu Desktop experience perhaps a bit like those *[Choose-Your-Own-Adventure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choose_Your_Own_Adventure)* books we loved when we were kids, where users have the opportunity to select each of their prefer applications (or stick with the distro default) for a handful of categories, during installation. Marius Quabeck recorded the session and published the audio and video of the presentation [here on YouTube](https://youtu.be/AvJfvLxXNrE): You can download the slides [here](https://www.slideshare.net/dustinkirkland/lets-talk-about-the-ubuntu-1804-lts-roadmap), or peruse them below: **[Let’s talk about the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Roadmap!](https://www.slideshare.net/dustinkirkland/lets-talk-about-the-ubuntu-1804-lts-roadmap "Let's talk about the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Roadmap!")** from **[Dustin Kirkland](https://www.slideshare.net/dustinkirkland)** [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). 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