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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
29 March 2006

Ubuntu 4.10: end of support cycle

Desktop News

Matt Zimmerman, Ubuntu CTO writes: On October 20th, 2004, Ubuntu announced its first public release, version 4.10. This release was accompanied by a commitment to ongoing security updates for a period of 18 months, which has been reflected in the comprehensive set of Ubuntu Security Notices issued since that time. The support period for U ...


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu wins three ArsTechnica.com awards!

Desktop News

Ubuntu won Best Community, Distribution and Best Newcomer in this year’s ArsTechnica Linux Awards. We are pleased to announce that Ubuntu has recently won three awards from ArsTechnica.com: Best Community of the year Distribution of the year Best newcomer to the community From the article: We didn’t have many surprises. Ubuntu Linux had a ...


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu 5.04 released!

Desktop News

The Ubuntu Team is pleased to announce the second release of Ubuntu, codenamed “The Hoary Hedgehog Release”. Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for the desktop or the server that includes all of Debian as well as most of the packages of apt-get.org, with a fast and easy install, regular releases (every six months), a tight ...


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu 5.10 released

Desktop News

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 5.10. This is the official Ubuntu 5.10 release, and includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures. Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent packages installed by d ...


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu certified for IBM’s DB2

Desktop News

Ubuntu is moving into Enterprise computing with IBM’s certification of Ubuntu as “Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux”. Ubuntu has successfully gone through the stringent process whereby IBM ensures that DB2 Universal Database for Linux operates in the Ubuntu environment. By working closely together, IBM and Ubuntu have shown that DB2 UD ...


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu and founder Mark Shuttleworth win new awards

Desktop News

Ubuntu and its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, both won awards at the Linux New Media Awards at last week’s Linux World Expo in Frankfurt, Germany. The Best Debian Derivative Distribution award was judged by a 200-member international jury from industry and the Open Source community. This is a significant award as it recognises the effort tha ...


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu at CeBIT 2005

Desktop News

Take the opportunity to test drive Ubuntu for yourself at the CeBIT exhibition from 10-16th March 2005 in Hannover, Germany. See the latest Ubuntu in action, meet some of the developers and get your own Ubuntu on CD. More information on CeBIT is on the CeBIT homepage. While Ubuntu does not have a booth at ...


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu wins Best Distribution Award

Cloud and server News

At the UK Linux & Open Source Awards dinner held on October 5th Ubuntu was awarded the Reader Award for best distribution. Debian and Red Hat were also on the short list. Ubuntu was also nominated in the embedded/mobile solution category (with HP for the custom Ubuntu/HP work) and the corporate contribution category. ...


Canonical
18 October 2005

Ubuntu wins Linux Journal Reader’s Choice Award

Desktop News

The popular Ubuntu operating system is moving from strength to strength, winning awards across the globe for the best Linux distribution. This time, it's the readers of the Linux Journal who have chosen Ubuntu as their favourite. In the November edition of the Linux Journal, Ubuntu beat the more established distributions in this year's Re ...


Canonical
28 September 2005

Shuttleworth invests in ImpiLinux

Desktop News

Cape Town – Mark Shuttleworth, together with ImpiLinux and various other investors have announced the successful conclusion of an agreement to combine forces in the South African and SADECLinux market. The next version of Impi will be based on Ubuntu, and Shuttleworth will make a substantial investment in the new company. The result will ...


Canonical
1 July 2005

New Ubuntu Foundation Announced

Cloud and server News

Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical Ltd, founders of the popular Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system, have today announced the creation of The Ubuntu Foundation with an initial funding commitment of US$10m. The Ubuntu Foundation will employ core Ubuntu community members to ensure that Ubuntu (www.ubuntu.com) will remain fully supported for ...