Canonical

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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
8 June 2006

Ubuntu wins 2006 World Class Award from PC World

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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

Canonical
8 June 2006


Canonical
1 June 2006

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS released

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New Ubuntu Release Available for Desktops and Servers, with Long Term, Global Support Ubuntu, which has become one of the world’s most popular Linux distributions in recent years, launched its latest version on June 1 following months of intense testing. The new release is titled Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support), and...

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1 June 2006


Canonical
30 May 2006

Canonical to support Sun Fire Servers with UltraSPARC T1 “CoolThreads”

News Ubuntu

Ubuntu GNU/Linux is First Operating System to Join Solaris on Massively Threaded SPARC Processors Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) and Canonical Ltd. today announced that Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support), the upcoming release of the widely popular GNU/Linux distribution, will support the UltraSPARC(R) T1...

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30 May 2006


Canonical
26 May 2006

German Ubuntu box set announced

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In an exclusive arrangement with Canonical Ltd. for the German-speaking market, Open Source Press GmbH, the Munich-based publishing company will release their official Ubuntu Box Set in early June 2006. This official box-set will be based on Ubuntu’s fourth release, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (long-term support) that is scheduled...

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26 May 2006


Canonical
25 May 2006

Announcing release candidate for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

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The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Releases Candidate of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu 6.06 LTS – codenamed “Dapper Drake”. The Release Candidate includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images, alternate text-mode installation CDs and an upgrade wizard for users of the current stable release. We consider this...

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25 May 2006


Canonical
23 May 2006

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server Edition to include certified LAMP stack

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The Server Edition of the June 1st 2006 release of Ubuntu will include a mechanism to set up a standardised, certified and supported LAMP server with a single command. The feature reduces the setup time for companies providing hosted LAMP services as well as making it easier for organisations to set up and maintain their

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23 May 2006


Canonical
4 April 2006

Ubuntu certification announced

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Linux Professional Institute and Canonical Announce Ubuntu Professional Certification 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 development of a certification exam for the...

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4 April 2006


Canonical
29 March 2006

Ubuntu 4.10: end of support cycle

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Matt Zimmerman, Ubuntu CTO writes: On October 20th, 2004, Ubuntu announced its first public release, version 4.10. This release was accompanied by a commitment to ongoing security updates for a period of 18 months, which has been reflected in the comprehensive set of Ubuntu Security Notices issued since that time. The...

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29 March 2006


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu wins three ArsTechnica.com awards!

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Ubuntu won Best Community, Distribution and Best Newcomer in this year’s ArsTechnica Linux Awards. We are pleased to announce that Ubuntu has recently won three awards from ArsTechnica.com: Best Community of the year Distribution of the year Best newcomer to the community From the article: We didn’t have many surprises....

Canonical
14 February 2006


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu 5.04 released!

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The Ubuntu Team is pleased to announce the second release of Ubuntu, codenamed “The Hoary Hedgehog Release”. Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for the desktop or the server that includes all of Debian as well as most of the packages of apt-get.org, with a fast and easy install, regular releases (every six months), a tight

Canonical
14 February 2006


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu 5.10 released

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The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 5.10. This is the official Ubuntu 5.10 release, and includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures. Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent...

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14 February 2006


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu certified for IBM’s DB2

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Ubuntu is moving into Enterprise computing with IBM’s certification of Ubuntu as “Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux”. Ubuntu has successfully gone through the stringent process whereby IBM ensures that DB2 Universal Database for Linux operates in the Ubuntu environment. By working closely together, IBM and Ubuntu...

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14 February 2006


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu and founder Mark Shuttleworth win new awards

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Ubuntu and its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, both won awards at the Linux New Media Awards at last week’s Linux World Expo in Frankfurt, Germany. The Best Debian Derivative Distribution award was judged by a 200-member international jury from industry and the Open Source community. This is a significant award as it...

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14 February 2006


Canonical
14 February 2006

Ubuntu at CeBIT 2005

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Take the opportunity to test drive Ubuntu for yourself at the CeBIT exhibition from 10-16th March 2005 in Hannover, Germany. See the latest Ubuntu in action, meet some of the developers and get your own Ubuntu on CD. More information on CeBIT is on the CeBIT homepage. While Ubuntu does not have a booth at

Canonical
14 February 2006