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Ubuntu 18.04 supports six major architectures and several variations of each architecture known as “flavors”. One other architecture (IBM/Motorola PowerPC) has an unofficial port.



Architecture

Ubuntu Designation

Subarchitecture

Flavor

Intel x86-based

i386

AMD64 & Intel 64

amd64

ARM with hardware FPU

armhf

multiplatform

generic

multiplatform for LPAE-capable systems

generic-lpae

64bit ARM

arm64

IBM POWER Systems

ppc64el

IBM POWER8 and

newer machines

IBM z/Architecture

arm64

IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE, no s390 (31-bit mode) support

zEC12 and newer machines


2.1.2. Variations in ARM CPU designs and support complexity

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