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Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.


Canonical
20 November 2008

Canonical launches US-based shop.ubuntu.com in time for holiday season

Desktop News

Stock up on Ubuntu-branded merchandise and software Canonical launched today an U.S.-based on-line shop for Ubuntu-branded merchandise and software. With a new fulfillment house in St. Louis, Missouri, shipments are faster and less expensive for Ubuntu users and enthusiasts in the U.S. The U.S.Ubuntu Shop (shop.ubuntu.com) carries a wide ...


Canonical
13 November 2008

Ubuntu ARM Port

Ubuntu Engineering

We are excited about working with ARM, ARM’s partners and the wider community on delivering a port of Ubuntu to ARM. Today we announced support for the armel architecture which is now also supported through Launchpad, Canonical’s collaboration tool at https://launchpad.net/ Some points to note: Ubuntu will target the new ARM EABI For now, ...


Canonical
13 November 2008

ARM and Canonical to bring full Ubuntu desktop experience to low-power, ARM technology-based computing devices

Desktop News

Popular commercially-supported Linux distribution Ubuntu to be available on low-power ARM SoCs with rich integrated graphics and video subsystems and a proven track record of low-power design ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] and Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced that they will bring the full Ubuntu® Desktop ...


Canonical
29 October 2008

Landscape 1.2 Released with More Customizable Features

Ubuntu Ubuntu Advantage

We have just released Landscape 1.2 which is the next version of our management and monitoring software that lets you manage multiple Ubuntu systems as easily as one. In addition to provisioning, package and security updates management, Landscape enables you to control and monitor all your systems from a single Web interface reducing the ...


Canonical
28 October 2008

Ubuntu 8.10 server edition released

Ubuntu News

Ubuntu Server Edition enhances Java, virtualization and system management capabilities Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 8.10 Server Edition for free download on 30 October. In related news Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition. Ubuntu 8.10 Server Edition will be mainta ...


Canonical
27 October 2008

Ubuntu 8.10 desktop edition released

Desktop News

Ubuntu 8.10 desktop edition enables mobile, flexible computing for a changing digital world Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition for free download on 30 October. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.10 Server Edition. Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition is desi ...


Canonical
10 October 2008

Ubuntu 7.04 reaches end-of-life on October 19, 2008

Desktop News

Ubuntu announced the release of 7.04 almost 18 months ago, on April 19, 2007. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 7.04 will reach end of life on Sunday, October 19th, 2008. At ...


Canonical
26 September 2008

New Ubuntu Server Edition Survey

Ubuntu Server

The Ubuntu Server Team wants to know how you use Ubuntu Server in day-to-day operations to help the team prioritize the support and development of future Ubuntu Server Editions. In an effort to better understand, support and further the Ubuntu Server Edition we would like to ask you to take this survey which should take ...


Canonical
24 September 2008

Intrepid and beyond

Ubuntu Design

Things are winding up for Intrepid. This time, we spent quite some effort on trying out new things. Our dark theme test seemed to pay off. Next time I would announce it better 🙂 There are quite a few changes coming in Intrepid soon, sounds (hopefully ...


Canonical
15 September 2008

Codecs and DVD playback on Ubuntu 8.04 for all users

Ubuntu Desktop

For the first time we are making codecs for media playback and a DVD player, from our partners at Fluendo and Cyberlink, available through the Ubuntu store. We have had relationships with these companies for a while and to date we have offered their products to our hardware partners as pre-install options. Now though, we ...


Canonical
4 September 2008

Dell's new Ubuntu powered Inspiron Mini 9

Ubuntu Partners

Here at Canonical we are pretty excited about the global announcements today from Dell about its new Inspiron Mini 9, which will soon ship in many countries with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed. Not only does the Ubuntu version come with a custom launcher that makes the Inspiron Mini 9 fast, safe and easy to use, it ...


Canonical
5 August 2008

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS – whole load of apps going on

Ubuntu Partners

When we released Ubuntu 8.04 LTS we announced that we would soon have more enterprise ready applications that solve real business problems. This year’s Linuxworld Expo will see us working with our partners to demonstrate exactly why Ubuntu is now firmly in the sights of IT Managers and architects in many businesses. Gerry Carr, our ...