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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
17 May 2011

Steel Storm: Burning Retribution in Ubuntu

Ubuntu Desktop

Looking for some arcade fun and action? Well then head over to the Ubuntu Software Center and grab a copy of Steel Storm: Burning Retribution? It’s a fantastic top-down arcade shooter where you battle against numerous invading aliens in a hovercraft. The Kot-in-action team just released the new episode called Burning Retribution, and it’s ...


Canonical
12 May 2011

Canonical joins GENIVI and announces Ubuntu version for in-vehicle infotainment

Desktop News

Canonical today announces it has joined The GENIVI Alliance, a non-profit industry alliance committed to driving the broad adoption of an open source In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform. Canonical has joined to bring its new IVI-focused products to the GENIVI Alliance members and to announce its intention to build a new GENIV ...


Canonical
9 May 2011

Canonical and Lenovo Collaboration in China

Ubuntu Partners

Canonical can give details of more machines coming online from Lenovo in the Chinese consumer market. There are now over 30 Lenovo ThinkPads certified with Ubuntu, with many of these being completed in the first half of 2011. The great work with Lenovo continues. . Click here to access the link for the latest certified ...


Canonical
6 May 2011

Matt Zimmerman leaving Canonical

Ubuntu Engineering

I joined Canonical in June of 2004 as a member of the founding team, before we even had a name for the company. In June 2011, after just over seven years as Ubuntu CTO, I will be leaving Canonical in search of new challenges. It has been my privilege to have played a part in ...


Canonical
28 April 2011

Latest Ubuntu offers businesses added cloud features and sleek new desktop interface

Cloud and server News

Canonical today announced availability on April 28 of the Ubuntu 11.04 suite of products for businesses. Spanning corporate and developer desktops, servers and the leading open-source cloud implementation, Ubuntu 11.04 offers businesses of all sizes an open-source alternative. “Ubuntu 11.04 offers exciting opportunities for businesses to ...


Canonical
28 April 2011

Ubuntu transforms your PC experience

Desktop News

Canonical today announced the upcoming release of the Ubuntu operating system on April 28, 2011 for public download. Ubuntu 11.04 introduces Unity, Ubuntu’s new interface, which is simpler, easier to use and more beautiful than previous editions of Ubuntu. This is the culmination of two years’ design and engineering effort by Canonical an ...


Canonical
22 April 2011

Unity Benchmark Usability – April 2011

Ubuntu Research

First and last impressions of Unity were that it was quite user-friendly, and pleasing in its design and ease of learning. The majority of participants left the session with very positive feelings and were looking forward to Unity’s release so they could download it. In short, participants in this testing session were considerably more po ...


Canonical
14 April 2011

AdAction drives ad-serving performance with Ubuntu and Membase Server

Ubuntu Case study

New server-side solution delivers high throughput and zero downtime Summary AdAction, a leader in the ad-serving business, tracks consumer behaviour online and delivers the right adverts to the right people at the right time. To achieve this, the company must store massive amounts of consumer data — from roughly 75 million consumers each ...


Canonical
5 April 2011

ShipIt comes to an end

Ubuntu Canonical News

It’s with some regret that we are announcing the end of the ShipIt Programme and the CD distributor programme. When we started ShipIt in 2005 broadband was still a marketing promise even in the most connected parts of the most developed nations. We knew that this represented a significant stumbling block to the adoption of ...


Canonical
5 April 2011

LVM convert 10,000 corporate desktops to ubuntu with services from Canonical

Desktop News

Canonical today announced the successful migration of 10 000 desktops to Ubuntu by German insurance company LVM Versicherung. The project was undertaken with consulting from Canonical’s professional services team and will receive ongoing support from the Canonical support team. LVM decided to convert to Ubuntu thanks to the Ubuntu project ...


Canonical
1 April 2011

Narwhal spotted at Lambeth Bridge

Ubuntu Article

We always knew Google Maps was good! Google Maps did prove its accuracy; when we looked out of the window from the 27th floor down towards Lambeth Bridge there was indeed a visitor! ...


Canonical
24 March 2011

Ubuntu Software Centre adds Darwinia and Uplink

Desktop Article

London, March 24 2011: Canonical today announced the addition of Darwinia and Uplink, games by renowned publisher Introversion to the Ubuntu Software Center. Users can buy, download, install these games in just a few clicks and for the first 30 days, the games can be bought from the Ubuntu Software Centre for the special price ...