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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
7 June 2007

Canonical announces details of Ubuntu for mobile internet devices

Phone and tablet News

Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced more details on Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition at Computex 2007 in Taipei. Following discussions at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Seville Spain and a great response from the developer community generally, the target specifications and technical milestones for the project hav ...


Canonical
23 May 2007

Ubuntu 7.04 wins a “100 Best Products of 2007 Award” from PC World

Desktop News

Ubuntu 7.04, commercially sponsored by Canonical Ltd., was honored by PC World with a 100 Best Products of 2007 Award. The article is available now on PCWorld.com, and will also be featured in the July 2007 issue of PC World, which hits newsstands June 12. Ubuntu is the award-winning Linux distribution for the desktop, laptop, ...


Canonical
17 May 2007

Canonical and TraiCen Computer Training & Consulting partner in German

Desktop News

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has signed an agreement with TraiCen Computer Training & Consulting to deliver ‘Ubuntu Certified Professional’ (UCP) training in Germany. TraiCen will deliver official courses in Muenster from August 2007. Two five day courses, Ubuntu Professional Courses 1 & 2, will assi ...


Canonical
1 May 2007

Dell to offer Ubuntu

Desktop News

LONDON, 1st May 2007 – Canonical and Dell are pleased to announce a partnership to offer Ubuntu 7.04 on select desktop and notebook products. This is a tremendous step forward for Ubuntu, our users and customers. More about the announcement is available on the Dell website, including a video interview with Ubuntu’s founder Mark Shuttlewor ...


Canonical
1 May 2007

Canonical and Savoir-Faire Linux training partnership

Desktop News

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has signed an agreement with Savoir-Faire to deliver 'Ubuntu Certified Professional' (UCP) training in Canada. Savoir-Faire will deliver official courses in Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa-Gatineau from May 2007. Two five day courses, Ubuntu Professional Courses 1 & 2, will a ...


Canonical
30 April 2007

Canonical and Eureca Training Center partnership

Desktop News

Canonical and Eureca Training Center partner to deliver Ubuntu Certified Professional training in Russia Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has signed an agreement with Eureca Training Center to deliver 'Ubuntu Certified Professional' (UCP) training in Russia. Eureca will deliver official courses in St. Pe ...


Canonical
16 April 2007

Canonical adds advanced virtualisation capabilities to latest Ubuntu Server

Ubuntu News

Easy Upgrades and Optimized Performance of Virtual Machines Virtualization meets Ubuntu with the release of Ubuntu version 7.04 on April 19. This latest version from Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, features a new upgrade tool and advanced support and optimization for running virtual machines. Ubuntu is the award-winning ...


Canonical
16 April 2007

New Ubuntu 7.04 variants tailored for KDE enthusiasts and educators

Desktop News

Updates to Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu Include Improved Speed, Sound, and Documentation To coincide with the Ubuntu 7.04 launch Thursday, Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced the availability of Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu. Ubuntu 7.04, including the Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu variants, will be widely availab ...


Canonical
16 April 2007

Ubuntu Desktop 7.04 released

Desktop News

Boasts Windows Migration, Improved Networking, Graphics and Multimedia Support Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announce the availability of Ubuntu 7.04 Desktop Edition on April 19. Ubuntu is the award-winning Linux distribution for the desktop, laptop, thin client and server which brings together the best of open source ...


Canonical
16 April 2007

Ubuntu 7.04 delivers on the promise of Open Source

Desktop News

While millions consider whether to pay for Vista, the Ubuntu project releases its secure, high performance, free desktop and server editions. For users wanting a secure, feature rich alternative to Microsoft Windows, Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today the Thursday release of Ubuntu version 7.04. Ubuntu is th ...


Canonical
2 April 2007

Launchpad 1.0 Beta released

Desktop News

Launchpad.net today started public beta testing of Launchpad 1.0, a web-based collaboration service that improves the flow of communication between different software projects. Collaboration is crucial to free software projects, but has traditionally been difficult across communities that use different tools which don't easily exchange in ...


Canonical
26 March 2007

Ubuntu receives Editor’s Choice Award from PC Welt

Desktop News

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has scooped another award for Ubuntu, its leading-edge Linux distribution. At the PC Welt awards dinner held during the CeBIT Exhibition in Hanover, on Friday 16th March, Ubuntu was awarded the “Editor's Choice Award for Open Source”. PC-WELT editor in chief, Andreas Perb ...