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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
29 January 2007

Ubuntu Live: call for participation is open

Desktop News

The Call for Participation is now open for Ubuntu Live, the first official conference dedicated to this award-winning and popular Linux-based operating system. The three-day event will aim to give participants all the knowledge they need to explore and set in motion the powerful features in Ubuntu and related applications. Program chairs ...


Canonical
24 January 2007

Offering Ubuntu users leading sales, marketing and support CRM tools

Desktop News

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced the availability of Sugar Open Source for users of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS edition (Long Term Support). The simplified deployment process and ease-of-use of Ubuntu, combined with SugarCRMs’ feature-rich business processes, will enable companies to build better customer relationships ...


Canonical
21 December 2006

Canonical Ltd partners with LynuxTraining Sàrl to develop Ubuntu Certified professional training courses

Desktop News

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has partnered with LynuxTraining Sàrl to develop the first dedicated Ubuntu training courses for the 'Ubuntu Certified Professional' status. UCP is a training certification based on the LPI level 1 certification. From Q1 2007 delegates will be able to prepare for, and ach ...


Canonical
20 December 2006

Zmanda Recovery Manager now available for Ubuntu

Desktop News

ZRM Also Boasts New Enterprise Backup Features to Increase MySQL DBA Productivity Zmanda™, the leader in open source backup and recovery software, today announced that Zmanda Recovery Manager (ZRM) for MySQL — the only comprehensive, enterprise-class backup and recovery solution designed specifically for MySQL databases ­— is available on ...


Canonical
16 November 2006

Ubuntu wins most user friendly Linux distribution award

Desktop News

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has scooped another two awards for Ubuntu, its leading-edge Linux distribution. At the Linux New Media Awards, on Wednesday 15th November, Ubuntu was awarded 'Most User-Friendly Linux Distribution', and Canonical the 'Best combination of Community and Commerce'. Ubuntu al ...


Canonical
12 November 2006

The last several months (busy, busy, busy)

Ubuntu Design

It has been a while since I wrote a blog entry. Let’s see….I spent some time with my family in America. Drove around a bit between Wisconsin and St. Louis, visiting my mother, father, sisters and brothers, and their respective families.Snapped th ...


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 ...