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30 September 2010

Ubuntu supports technology-enabled teaching at The Johns Hopkins University

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Cost-effective, easy-to-use and reliable, Ubuntu proved to be the open source platform of choice on which to build a support system for technology-enabled classrooms at The Johns Hopkins University. Background America’s first research university, The Johns Hopkins University is a world leader in research and education. Sean Stanley, Instr ...

Canonical
30 September 2010

Ubuntu provides a secure and easily accessible system for german pilots

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Enhanced security, outstanding support and reduced maintenance times – Ubuntu was the optimal choice for Contact Air GmbH. Summary Contact Air is a regional airline operating exclusively for Lufthansa German Airlines. They run a fleet of 13 turboprop aircraft flown by 120 pilots using notebooks for performance calculations, logging, train ...

Canonical
30 September 2010

Ubuntu proved the optimal choice for a non-profit radio station

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Simplicity in switching, ease-of-use, great client/server side management and outstanding reliability – Ubuntu proved the best choice for KRUU-FM Radio Station. Background KRUU-FM, a non-profit community radio station based in Iowa, USA, broadcasts locally 24 hours a day via an FM signal, and online to 30 countries via an MP3 audio stream ...

Canonical
30 September 2010

Locatrix deploys mobile applications on Ubuntu

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Locatrix Communications is a developer of mobile location-based application services, for deployment by enterprises and mobile network operators. The four-year old Brisbane-based company is the brains behind the Uandme™ social networking service, which lets mobile subscribers find their friends, receive alerts when they are nearby, and br ...

Canonical
30 September 2010

Ubuntu enables advanced computer research into killer diseases

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Delivering training courses to researchers in developing countries – Ubuntu was the first choice for The Wellcome Trust Sangar Institute. Background The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a charity at the forefront of research into the study of the genomes of the world’s major killer diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever and the ‘superb ...

Canonical
30 September 2010

Ubuntu delivers significant cost-savings for specialist sports school

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Stability, reduced maintenance and significant cost-savings – Ubuntu proved an outstanding choice for Skegness Grammar School. Background Skegness Grammar School is a small selective school on the Lincolnshire coast. It acts as a specialist college for sport for nearly 800 pupils, and has a boarding provision for around 60. Alistair Crust ...

Canonical
30 September 2010

Integrating Ubuntu 8.04 LTS into Microsoft Active Directory using Likewise Open

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Microsoft Active Directory is a widely-deployed directory service that is commonly used for identity management and authentication across the enterprise. Its ubiquity makes it a fixture of the IT landscape. As a result, interoperability with Active Directory is often a necessity when deploying services based on non-Microsoft operating sys ...

Inayaili de León Persson
29 September 2010

29 days later

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It’s been 29 days since I’ve started working at Canonical and, let me tell you, they went by really fast. In the past few weeks I have worked on lots of projects and there is a lot more in the pipeline. I’ve mainly been working on the “realign” (rather than “redesign”) of canonical.com and ubuntu.com; ...

Mark Shuttleworth
28 September 2010

Something New and Beautiful: Ubuntu, distilled, in type

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The Ubuntu font represents the values of Ubuntu and Canonical, distilled into a typeface that is highly legible on screen, clean and balanced in print, professionally designed yet imbued with the wisdom of the whole Ubuntu community. I hope it’s a benchmark for more libre font work, and a catalyst for improvements in the tools of typograp ...

Canonical
23 September 2010

Intial Hebrew trials

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The Ubuntu project is going full speed. We have started intial work on the Hebrew and would like to share a few thoughts with you. This PDF illustrates how we arrived at some of the basic proportions. Pages 1 to 5 deal with the proportional relationship of the Hebrew height against the Latin x- and ...

Canonical
22 September 2010

The future of books?

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Check out these lovely ebook touchscreen concepts from IDEO. The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo. ...

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