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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
26 October 2006

Ubuntu 6.10 released

Desktop News

Canonical launches new Ubuntu release for desktops and servers Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, the world’s fastest growing Linux distribution, today announced its latest desktop and server version. Following months of development and user feedback, Ubuntu 6.10 offers a cleaner, sharper design, together with new and enhanc ...


Canonical
3 October 2006

Canonical announces alliance with Open Country

Ubuntu News

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, the world’s fastest growing Linux distribution, today announced it has entered into an alliance with Open Country, the Linux Journal award-winning, next-generation systems management software company. This will enable the two companies to deliver proven enterprise level management solutions ...


Canonical
30 August 2006

Announcing the Official Ubuntu Book

Desktop News

Now available from Prentice Hall, “The Offical Ubuntu Book” co-authored by Benjamin Mako Hill, Jono Bacon, Corey Burger, Jonathan Jesse, Ivan Krstic. Written by leading Ubuntu community members, this is the only book that you need to become a savvy Ubuntu user. Covers the latest version of Ubuntu–Ubuntu 6.06LTS Covers every standard deskt ...


Canonical
26 July 2006

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS “recommended” by IT Reviews

Desktop News

IT Reviews has given Ubuntu 6.06 LTS their “Recommended” award. From the review: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is a very complete and usable Linux distribution and one that’s remarkably easy to get to grips with compared to some others. All of which makes it a good starting point for newcomers, but don’t be fooled into thinking ...


Canonical
27 June 2006

LPI and Canonical announce world’s first Ubuntu Professionals

Desktop News

The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world’s premier Linux certification organization, and Canonical Ltd., sponsor of the award-winning Ubuntu operating system, jointly announced the world’s first Ubuntu Certified Professionals: Fred Strauss and Khayeni Ndlovu of Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Strauss and Mr. Ndlovu were amongst a ...


Canonical
8 June 2006

Ubuntu wins 2006 World Class Award from PC World

Desktop News

Ubuntu was awarded a PC World 2006 World Class Award, identifying it as one of PC World's '100 Best Products of the Year. Winners were announced in the July 2006 issue of PC World. Ubuntu, which has become one of the world's most popular Linux distributions in recent years, launched its latest version on June ...


Canonical
1 June 2006

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS released

Desktop News

New Ubuntu Release Available for Desktops and Servers, with Long Term, Global Support Ubuntu, which has become one of the world’s most popular Linux distributions in recent years, launched its latest version on June 1 following months of intense testing. The new release is titled Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support), and has a specific ...


Canonical
30 May 2006

Canonical to support Sun Fire Servers with UltraSPARC T1 “CoolThreads”

Ubuntu News

Ubuntu GNU/Linux is First Operating System to Join Solaris on Massively Threaded SPARC Processors Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) and Canonical Ltd. today announced that Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support), the upcoming release of the widely popular GNU/Linux distribution, will support the UltraSPARC(R) T1 processor on Sun Fire(TM) ...


Canonical
26 May 2006

German Ubuntu box set announced

Desktop News

In an exclusive arrangement with Canonical Ltd. for the German-speaking market, Open Source Press GmbH, the Munich-based publishing company will release their official Ubuntu Box Set in early June 2006. This official box-set will be based on Ubuntu’s fourth release, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (long-term support) that is scheduled for release on June ...


Canonical
25 May 2006

Announcing release candidate for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Desktop News

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Releases Candidate of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu 6.06 LTS – codenamed “Dapper Drake”. The Release Candidate includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images, alternate text-mode installation CDs and an upgrade wizard for users of the current stable release. We consider this release candidate ...


Canonical
23 May 2006

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server Edition to include certified LAMP stack

Ubuntu News

The Server Edition of the June 1st 2006 release of Ubuntu will include a mechanism to set up a standardised, certified and supported LAMP server with a single command. The feature reduces the setup time for companies providing hosted LAMP services as well as making it easier for organisations to set up and maintain their ...


Canonical
4 April 2006

Ubuntu certification announced

Desktop News

Linux Professional Institute and Canonical Announce Ubuntu Professional Certification The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world’s premier Linux certification organization, and Canonical Ltd., sponsor of the award-winning Ubuntu operating system, jointly announced the development of a certification exam for the Ubuntu distribution. ...