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Sylvania brings new Atom-based netbook to market in record time with Ubuntu Netbook Remix

This week I have the pleasure of attending the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. You can find me and the rest of the Canonical gang showing off Ubuntu MID Edition and Netbook Remix in the Moblin Community Area. Speaking of mobile, since launching the new version earlier in the

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS – whole load of apps going on

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

Unison™ released for Ubuntu to bring unified communications to Linux

Partnership with Canonical will challenge Microsoft unified communications with more powerful and cost-effective Linux alternative Unison Technologies (www.unison.com) today announced a wide-ranging partnership to bring unified communications to Linux. Unison, the first fully-unified communications software, will run both on Ubuntu Server

QA-IQ to deliver official Ubuntu training in the UK

Good news for the British, or at least those Brits who are looking to take up Ubuntu training – QA-IQ, the UK’s largest I.T. training provider are adding Ubuntu to their roster with the first classes kicking off in London in September. The initial scheduled courses, Ubuntu Professional courses 1 & 2, aim to equip

LinuxWorld: all about the partners

Canonical is attending LWE next week in the Moscone Centre in San Francisco. We have taken one of the big booths, #716 so it should be hard to miss us if you are in attendance. One of the things we have been working very hard on over the last couple of years is establishing Ubuntu

Launchpad 2.0 radically improves collaboration for open source projects

Launchpad 2.0 Radically Improves Collaboration for Open Source Projects. Canonical's Launchpad2.0 Improves Flexibility And Integration of Developer Collaboration Nexus. Canonical Inc. announced today a major new release of Launchpad,including features that make collaborative development faster and more flexible and allowing users to integ

Canonical and Valusoft bring Ubuntu plus support to Best Buy

If you walk into a BestBuy this week you may spot some new software peeking out from the shelves.  Yes, Ubuntu is now available as a spiffy boxed set in stores and on-line. We’ve been working with ValuSoft who are a distribution company that specialise in the US retail channel. The boxed set comes with

Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS released

Today we announced the release of Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS for both server and desktop. This is the first of a series of maintenance releases on the 8.04 LTS roadmap that we have drawn below, and includes hundreds of important updates which are detailed in the release announcement. Mark has spoken about the overall  strategy in


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Ubuntu MID Edition 8.04 achieves its first public release

We are delighted to be able to welcome Ubuntu Mobile Internet Device (MID) Edition 8.04 to the world as a full developers’ release. It is based on the Ubuntu Desktop Edition, and it is now available for download.  The Ubuntu MID Edition 8.04 has been built by the Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded community that is

MySQL is using Bazaar and Launchpad for their source code

Now this is exciting news: MySQL is now using Bazaar and Launchpad for their source code! Both the main MySQL server code and the code for many ancilliary projects have been converted to Bazaar, and are published on Launchpad. Bazaar is a distributed version control system that Just Works and adapts to the workflows you

Changes to Gobuntu

The Gobuntu development team would like to announce that after 8.04 release of Gobuntu, the project will aim to merge many of the Gobuntu changes into mainline Ubuntu, such as our “Free Software Only” installer option which only installs software considered free by the Free Software Foundation’s definition of software freedom. This instal

Canonical showcases Ubuntu Netbook Remix at Computex

Canonical Now Delivers for OEMs a Rapid Route to Market For Netbooks Powered by an Intel Atom Processor Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced that it will be demonstrating a reworked desktop image of Ubuntu built specifically for a new category of portable Internet-centric devices – netbooks. These affordable, power

UDS Intrepid

I spent the last week in Prague at the Ubuntu Developer Summit working on our next release, the Intrepid Ibex. In my eyes this was the best UDS yet. Pretty soon you’ll be noticing some pretty major changes in the artwork. Due to Intrepid being the firs

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition released

Integrates the Latest Stable Applications with Long Term Support Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition for free download on Thursday 24 April. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition. Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support (LTS) provides a

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS server edition released

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition Combines Advanced Functionality With Five Years of Maintenance and Support Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition for free download on Thursday 24 April. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition. Ubuntu

‘End of Life’ announcement for Ubuntu 6.10

Ubuntu announced the release of 6.10 almost 18 months ago, on October 26, 2006. 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 6.10 will reach end of life on Friday April 25th, 2008. At


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