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Ten Gnome 3 features that won me over

Ten Gnome 3 features that won me over

Jack Wallen's love-hate relationship with the Gnome 3 desktop turns out to have a happy ending Read more

18 September, 2011 by Jack Wallen
Ten factors that make Ubuntu 11.10 a hit

Ten factors that make Ubuntu 11.10 a hit

...t expected was for Ubuntu Unity to improve so quickly. Bravo to Canonical and the Ubuntu developers. They have worked some magic on a desktop... Read more

8 January, 2012 by Jack Wallen

Ubuntu gets a facelift with Precise Pangolin 12.04

...features and software management tools to the operating system. However, Ubuntu-backer Canonical is stressing the design changes in Precise Pangolin. These include its Unity... Read more

26 April, 2012 by Jack Clark
Ubuntu for Android arrives: In pictures

Ubuntu for Android arrives: In pictures

...Canonical has revealed the latest component of its mobile strategy for the Ubuntu... Read more

21 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Calxeda and HP unleash ARM server tech

The EnergyCore ARM-based server processor — start-up Calxeda's attempt to get ARM's low-powered chips into enterprise servers — will appear in a server from HP Read more

1 November, 2011 by Jack Clark
<endeca_term>Canonical</endeca_term>: The cloud shift is developer-led

Canonical: The cloud shift is developer-led

...Neil Levine has headed up corporate services at open source Ubuntu-backer Canonical since August 2009. Prior to that, he was the chief technology officer... Read more

27 August, 2010 by Jack Clark
Behind Ubuntu's shift into mobile

Behind Ubuntu's shift into mobile

...for access to data and services. In November, the project's backer Canonical revealed it will adapt the Linux distribution for tablets, phones, cars and... Read more

26 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

OpenStack cloud gets Bexar release and backers

...API for administrators. Alongside the release, networking giant Cisco and Ubuntu-backer Canonical said that they have joined the project's development community, with Canonical... Read more

4 February, 2011 by Jack Clark

Ubuntu desktop drops Gnome UI for Unity

...The next version of desktop Ubuntu, Natty Narwhal, will ship with Canonical's Unity as the default skin instead of Gnome's user interface... Read more

26 October, 2010 by Ben Woods

Ubuntu 10.10 desktop reaches through the cloud

...cloud features, an updated interface and better links with other operating systems, Canonical has announced. The software, also known as Maverick Meerkat, will be versions... Read more

7 October, 2010 by Ben Woods

Ubuntu 'not necessarily competing' with Windows 7

...Windows 7 in the desktop operating system market, according to a top Canonical executive. That is because Linux's main appeal is to members of... Read more

23 September, 2010 by David Meyer

Shuttleworth hints at Ubuntu's future with latest name

...Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has revealed the name for the next-but-one... Read more

19 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Ubuntu to bring multitouch features to Linux

...points for Linux in the PC ecosystem," said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company that develops and supports Ubuntu. But multitouch support will arrive... Read more

17 August, 2010 by Stephen Shankland

IBM data server comes to Ubuntu

Canonical has released a virtual appliance version of IBM's DB2 Express-C... Read more

21 July, 2010 by Jack Clark
Mozilla opens up over Boot 2 Gecko

Mozilla opens up over Boot 2 Gecko

...reason for building a standalone mobile platform rather than, say, something like Canonical's Ubuntu for Android, which acts as a layer on top?All... Read more

31 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

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