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Canonical
1 May 2007

Canonical and Savoir-Faire Linux training partnership

News Desktop

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...

Canonical
1 May 2007

Canonical
30 April 2007

Canonical and Eureca Training Center partnership

News Desktop

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...

Canonical
30 April 2007

Canonical
16 April 2007

Canonical adds advanced virtualisation capabilities to latest Ubuntu Server

News Ubuntu

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...

Canonical
16 April 2007

New Ubuntu 7.04 variants tailored for KDE enthusiasts and educators

News Desktop

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,...

Canonical
16 April 2007

Ubuntu Desktop 7.04 released

News Desktop

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...

Canonical
16 April 2007

Ubuntu 7.04 delivers on the promise of Open Source

News Desktop

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...

Canonical
16 April 2007

Canonical
2 April 2007

Launchpad 1.0 Beta released

News Desktop

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...

Canonical
2 April 2007

Canonical
26 March 2007

Ubuntu receives Editor’s Choice Award from PC Welt

News Desktop

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...

Canonical
26 March 2007

Canonical
23 March 2007

Ubuntu 7.04 Beta

News Desktop

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 7.04. Ubuntu 7.04 is the most user-friendly Ubuntu to date and includes a ground-breaking Windows migration assistant, excellent wireless networking support and improved multimedia support. Ubuntu 7.04 server edition adds support for hardware facilities...

Canonical
23 March 2007

Canonical
21 March 2007

Canonical and NT+C Südwest GmbH partner to deliver Ubuntu Certified Professional training in Germany

News Desktop

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has signed an agreement with NT+C Network Training and Consulting Südwest GmbH, to deliver 'Ubuntu Certified Professional' (UCP) training in Germany. NT+C will deliver official courses across Germany from May 2007. Two five day courses, Ubuntu...

Canonical
21 March 2007

Canonical
15 March 2007

Canonical launches Global Partner Programme

News Cloud and server

Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced its newly created Partner Programme to drive awareness and adoption of business-ready, open source server platforms, and desktop solutions. The Programme aims to help Canonical partners using Ubuntu as a major element in their solutions, and to deepen...

Canonical
15 March 2007

Canonical
14 March 2007

Guadalinex to derive from Ubuntu

News Desktop

Guadalinex is a Debian based GNU/Linux distribution promoted by the government of Andalusia (Spain). It’s used in schools, public libraries, centers for elderly people and special info centers on over 100,000 PCs. Recently, Guadalinex announced that the next version would be based on Ubuntu. A translations of their...

Canonical
14 March 2007

Ubuntu 5.10 reaches end-of-life on April 13th 2007

News Desktop

Ubuntu announced the release of 5.10 almost 18 months ago, on October 13th. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 5.10 will reach end of life on Friday April 13th 2007. At that

Canonical
14 March 2007

Canonical
5 March 2007

Canonical and SpikeSource partner to offer certified applications

News Desktop

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, and SpikeSource, a provider of open source solutions, today announced that SpikeSource will certify its business-ready open source applications for Ubuntu, and deliver support for Ubuntu through its growing channel of solution providers. Under this agreement, SpikeSource...

Canonical
5 March 2007