# Why isn't the flavour mentioned in the Ubuntu variant ID?

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**Created:** [October 22, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/why-isnt-the-flavour-mentioned-in-the-ubuntu-variant-id/8056 "2025-10-22T08:09:40Z")\
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Why don’t official Ubuntu variant IDs mention their ‘flavour’ in the /etc/lsb-release and /usr/lib/os-release files, allowing the GRUB menu configuration file to reflect this?

This would be useful for menus displaying icons.

It is, of course, possible to do it yourself, but…