Blog posts written by Jane Silber

Jane Silber
2 January 2013

It’s official: Ubuntu now fits phones

Ubuntu Phone

Today we’re announcing our latest and, in my opinion, our most important ever product: Ubuntu is coming to the phone. When we began developing Unity a few years ago, the aim was to create a single family of interfaces that work the same way on different devices. This means that unlike most of our ...

Jane Silber
18 May 2012

A UDS restrospective

Ubuntu Server

The Ubuntu Developer Summit last week was an incredible event. The energy, excitement and passion around Ubuntu was palpable in the sessions, hallways and the neighbouring streets and restaurants. (The riot police were there for the Occupy protest, not UDS!) Over 650 attendees came from all over the world, the local environs, and we even ...

Jane Silber
24 April 2012

A Précis for Precise

Ubuntu Services

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS will be released to the world this Thursday and it’s going to be fantastic. We’ve known for quite a while that Ubuntu is not only beautiful, but also usable and robust for individuals and a great platform for app developers. Those traditions continue in 12.04, with the added bonus of long term ...

Jane Silber
20 April 2012

Make your voice heard in the open standards debate

Ubuntu open source

If you’re a keen follower of all things open source, you might already know about the UK Government’s consultation on open software standards. In short, the Government wants to reduce its IT costs and improve interoperability across all its departments and agencies; sensible aims, indeed. It is therefore considering making the adoption of ...

Jane Silber
10 February 2012

Introducing the Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix, by Canonical

Ubuntu Desktop

Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix based on Ubuntu 11.10 is now available for corporate and government institutions evaluating Ubuntu as a desktop solution. The combination of Ubuntu’s ease of use, outstanding free software applications, certified commercial apps, and Canonical’s management solution makes for a compelling enterprise desktop sc ...

Jane Silber
21 October 2011

Canonical realigns to better serve our customers

Ubuntu Canonical News

Canonical has grown dramatically over the last several years. This growth is driven by increasing demand for our services and products by end users, businesses and partners, and by investment to deliver our part of the future of free software. As Ubuntu’s position in the marketplace and as the leading free software platform has matured, ...

Jane Silber
8 December 2010

Thanks and good luck to Matt Asay

Ubuntu Canonical News

Matt Asay joined Canonical in February this year and quickly proved instrumental in aligning strategic goals and operational activities. Unfortunately for us, Matt will be leaving Canonical December 17 for the lure of an early-stage start-up. While his time here has been relatively short, we all appreciate the positive impact he has had i ...

Jane Silber
17 December 2009

Management changes at Canonical

Ubuntu Canonical News

As Mark Shuttleworth has announced I will have the privilege of leading Canonical from March of next year. I am excited about the role, energised by the opportunities in front of us, and humbled by the collection of amazing and talented individuals in Canonical and the Ubuntu community. Mark will continue to play a major ...

Jane Silber
21 October 2009

Keeping Ubuntu CDs available

Ubuntu Canonical News

The ShipIt program has been at the core of the Ubuntu project since its inception. The goal was to make sure that there are no restrictions, as far as was possible, to people having access to Ubuntu. In the last five years we have shipped millions of CDs and seen Ubuntu’s popularity and reach grow ...

Jane Silber
22 January 2008

Why a Canonical blog?

Ubuntu Canonical News

Welcome to the Canonical Blog. The goal of the blog is to provide a vehicle for people who work for Canonical to respond to some of the questions we get asked, to explore the issues we care about, and to expand on some of the initiatives in which we are involved. It is a companion ...