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Canonical
2 March 2011

Ubuntu, the cloud OS

Ubuntu Server

We made a small flurry of announcements last week, all of which were related to cloud computing. I think it is worthwhile to put some context around Ubuntu and the cloud and explain a little more about where we are with this critical strategic strand for our beloved OS. First of all, the announcements. We ...


Canonical
17 February 2011

Legislators in Kerala, India work better with Ubuntu laptops

Desktop Case study

Tens of thousands of dollars saved on software licensing Summary The Government of Kerala wanted to provide 141 members of its legislative assembly with new laptop computers to help increase productivity and collaboration. Working with Canonical partner Zyxware Technologies and the active support of the Free Software Community in Trivandr ...


Canonical
16 February 2011

Thunderbird in the Usability Lab!

Cloud and server Research

 I have just completed sessions of usability testing of Thunderbird. This time, I had the pleasure of working with Andreas Nilsson, who came to London to observe the sessions. It was very useful to get his feedback and to work collaboratively with him on the analysis and implications of the findings. In addition to ...


Canonical
16 February 2011

DanRabbit on the Ubuntu One Desktop

Ubuntu Design

Hey Ubuntu One and Design fans! This is my first post here, and I have to say I feel priveledged to be able to write to you all. Recently I’ve been working with the Ubuntu One team on the desktop syncing apps, and trying to give them some special attention. I feel like these apps ...


Canonical
14 February 2011

Happy Valentine’s Day

Ubuntu Notes

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Canonical
11 February 2011

10 reasons to migrate

Desktop White paper

The computing world is extremely polarised when it comes to proprietary vs. open source, and a million industry voices tell a million different stories. Even so, there are still very real differences between the two philosophies and technologies. This white paper focuses on just a few of them, giving you 10 great reasons to migrate ...


Canonical
10 February 2011

Canonical releases world’s most comprehensive, up-to-date component catalog for Linux

Ubuntu News

Canonical today announced that for the first time it was making publicly available its complete database of certified components for Ubuntu and Linux — rapidly reducing the the time-to-market for Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) working on Ubuntu or Linux machines. The catalogue gives ODMs a selection of over 1300 certified components ...


nickbarcet
3 February 2011

Dell releases OpenManage 6.4 for Ubuntu

Ubuntu Server

In the spring of 2010, members of the Ubuntu development team worked with Dell to build and test OpenManage 6.3 for Ubuntu. Several of our engineers took several weeks working with Dell Linux engineers to build out a process for ensuring: – all of the dependencies were met, – helped get the Dell Linux team up ...


nickbarcet
3 February 2011

Canonical joins the OpenStack community

Ubuntu Server

OpenStack today have made a number of announcements about the Bexar release of their cloud stack and we were delighted to be able to confirm its inclusion in the repositories for Ubuntu 11.04 as well as officially joining the community. We have been engaged with the OpenStack community informally for some time. Some Canonical alumni ...


Canonical
2 February 2011

Dell customers use Ubuntu to deploy cloud

Cloud and server News

Canonical today announced the availability of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) running on Dell PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 servers in an integrated solution enabling Dell's U.S.-based customers to easily deploy Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The standard edition released today allows software developers and IT organizations to run cloud p ...


Canonical
2 February 2011

Agora Games makes dramatic time and cost savings with Ubuntu

Ubuntu Case study

Gaming company cuts server infrastructure by almost half with Ubuntu and VMware Summary Agora Games creates custom online gaming communities and develops video-game middleware. As a fast-growing company, Agora Games realised that it needed to implement a standardised infrastructure that could scale to meet growing demand. It worked with t ...