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Canonical
21 November 2011

Building a Precise Pangolin: A summary of UDS success

Ubuntu Server

The Ubuntu Developer Summit – UDS – is a major event in the Canonical calendar. Taking place every six months, it is the Ubuntu event which defines the focus and plans for our up-coming version of Ubuntu. In the first week of November, over 800 people, from Canonical engineers and employees, Ubuntu community members, partners, ...


Canonical
18 November 2011

Ubuntu launches at retail in Portugal with ASUS

Ubuntu Partners

As of this week, Ubuntu is now on sale in over 100 retail outlets in Portugal. Preloaded on the new ASUS Eee PC 1215P, Ubuntu is available to buy in over 100 Vobis and Worten stores (part of the Sonae group) across the country http://www.worten.pt/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=04826099&oid=30|31|36905&c=2655842. The Eee PC has a slim, lightweigh ...


Canonical
16 November 2011

Ubuntu Phone, Tablet and TV – discussion opened

Ubuntu Research

Big thanks to everyone who turned up at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando to discuss Ubuntu’s future on new devices! Now, following Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote announcement and a number of initial UDS sessions on tablets, TVs and smartphones, we are setting up new channels to pick up the conversation. We’ve got three new mailing list ...


Canonical
16 November 2011

Getting in touch with us

Ubuntu Design

During the past UDS’ we have been repeatedly asked a better way to be reached. There are many reasons why a community member could feel the need of contacting us, and we are more than happy to hear and help if possible! As follow up we are looking into restructuring our communication channels so that ...


Canonical
15 November 2011

Ubuntu Hardware Summit 2011 December 8th, Taipei

Ubuntu Server

This year’s Ubuntu Hardware Summit (UHS) will take place on December 8th at the Grand Victoria Hotel in Taipei. You can register your place at www.ubuntu.com.uhs Building on the success of 2010 (with over 200 attendees), the 2011 Ubuntu Hardware Summit promises to deliver more. With keynote speeches from various members of the Canonical t ...


Marcus Haslam
3 November 2011

Juju: a logo with a story

Ubuntu Design

Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote this week at the Ubuntu Developer Summit includes introducing Juju, including a big slide showing off the new Juju logo. Below is the story of how that logo it came into being. The Juju project is done. We asked the Juju community to help, and out of out of love for the ...


Canonical
2 November 2011

“When Humans make stuff, we tend to make interesting things.”

Ubuntu Article

Last night I watched “Press Pause Play” which in it’s own words is a film about fear, hope and digital culture. If you’ve not heard the talk surrounding the movie one of the trailers is below and we’ll catch up once you’ve … well … caught up 🙂 Good huh? The interesting thing about Press ...


Chris Kenyon
2 November 2011

Ubuntu & HP's project Moonshot

Ubuntu Server

  Today HP announced Project Moonshot  – a programme to accelerate the use of low power processors in the data centre. The three elements of the announcement are the launch of Redstone – a development platform that harnesses low-power processors (both ARM & x86),  the opening of the HP Discovery lab in Houston and the ...


Victor Tuson Palau
28 October 2011

White Paper: Secure Boot impact on Linux

Ubuntu Engineering

Last month Steven Sinofsky from Microsoft announced new requirements for manufacturers wanting to ship Windows 8 systems, including a feature called “Secure Boot”. Canonical, together with Red Hat, today publishes a white paper highlighting the implications of these requirements for users and manufacturers. The paper also provides recomme ...


Canonical
27 October 2011

Retail Stores in China

Ubuntu Desktop

On Wednesday in Beijing, Canonical and Dell announced the start of an exciting retail program to sell machines pre-loaded with Ubuntu, initially rolling out to 220 retail stores in China. The stores will feature Ubuntu on a range of Dell computers, and will carry branded marketing collateral in-store, trained staff positioning the benefit ...


Canonical
24 October 2011

Canonical announces partnership with Pearson Technology Group and Linux New Media to add e-books and magazines through the Ubuntu Software Centre

Desktop News

Canonical today announced the addition of books and magazines to the Ubuntu Software Center with new content from partners Pearson Technology Group and Linux New Media.  The Ubuntu Software Center brings together free and commercial applications, tools and games available for users. Through a simple interface users can find, select, revie ...