From across Canonical

Searching in the Dash in Ubuntu 12.10 – an Update

The “More suggestions” feature (aka the shopping lens) in the Ubuntu 12.10 release, brings the Dash a few steps closer to becoming that go to place for immediate access to “stuff” – whether it resides on the device, in the cloud or is available for purchase online. This mix of personal and commercially available content [...]

Cristian Parrino

12^th October 2012

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Contributions come in many forms

Canonical News, Desktop

Canonical and the Ubuntu community have established a solid position for Ubuntu in the worlds of desktop, server and now cloud computing. We’re continuing to innovate in these areas, nimbly adapting to new ways of computing in a cloud-based, multi-device world. One where Ubuntu will ultimately run on mobiles, tablets and televisions – in fact, [...]

Steve George

9^th October 2012

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Quetzal is taking flight & update on Ubuntu secure boot plans

Desktop

Development on Ubuntu 12.10 is wrapping up, with another beta release due on September 27th. Blog posts and reviews of the user-facing features are already hitting the Internet, there has also been a lot of important work done lower in the stack as well. While that lower-level work doesn’t usually make the headlines, support for [...]

Jon Melamut

20^th September 2012

6 Comments

Why we’re number one for OpenStack

Canonical News, Cloud, Server

Today is the official launch of the OpenStack Foundation, which is leading the cloud industry in developing the most cutting-edge open enterprise-class cloud platform available. The OpenStack Foundation aims to promote the development, distribution and adoption of OpenStack. As a founding platinum member, Canonical is involved by contributing to the project’s governance, technical development and [...]

Kyle MacDonald

19^th September 2012

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Humble Indie Bundle 6 brings six new games to the Ubuntu Software Center

Canonical News, Desktop, Partners

UPDATE: We’ve just added four more amazing titles to the Humble Indie Bundle 6! If you’ve already picked up a bundle, you’ll find BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Gratuitous Space Battles, Jamestown, and Wizorb available now if you beat the average. This brings the bundle to ten games strong! Humble Indie Bundle 6 is upon us – and [...]

David Pitkin

18^th September 2012

22 Comments

Now you can have your OpenStack cake and eat it*

Cloud, Server

Have you ever wanted to experiment with the latest cutting-edge cloud software, but run it on the same long-term support release of Ubuntu that you have all your other apps and services working on? Well, now you can. Today, Canonical has released the Cloud Archive for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server, an online software repository from [...]

Mark Baker

14^th September 2012

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Ubuntu and Unite 2012

Canonical News, Desktop

We’ve already written about Unity Technologies, supporting publishing applications to Linux in the next release of their platform, Unity 4.0. Canonical attended Unity’s Unite developer conference in Amsterdam, held 21-24 August, to meet with the nearly 1,200 Unity employees and developers and see first hand what to expect in Unity 4.0. In Amsterdam, the Unite [...]

John Pugh

28^th August 2012

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12.04.1

Canonical News, Cloud, Desktop

Since its April release, 12.04 LTS has had an enthusiastic reception in organisations that look to the LTS for large scale deployments that will remain in place for many years. For those of you waiting for the first point release, we are delighted to announce Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. This update to the current long-term support [...]

Rick Spencer

24^th August 2012

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ARM Server Explained

Engineering

You have probably started to notice a continuous buzz around ARM Servers for the last few months: Calxeda (an System on a Chip maker) presented their solution at UDS-Q. HP announced their moonshot program, which Canonical is playing a key role in Dell also unveiled their ARM Server strategy and the list goes on .. [...]

Victor Tuson Palau

21^st August 2012

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Fieldrunners, Spirits and BIT.TRIP BEAT debut on Ubuntu, in the Humble Android Bundle 3

Canonical News, Desktop

Starting today, the third Humble Bundle for Android is available, bringing with it three games new to Ubuntu: Spirits, Fieldrunners and BIT.TRIP BEAT. Once again, the Humble Bundle provides for super-easy downloading through the Ubuntu Software Center. The bundle deal is only available for two weeks on a name-your-price basis – just like the Humble [...]

David Pitkin

15^th August 2012

1 Comment