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Canonical
30 October 2013

Hit the ground running with Ubuntu OpenStack training

Article Cloud and server

Canonical was the first company to commercially distribute and support OpenStack, under the Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure brand. Ubuntu is also the reference operating system for the project. Since 2011, we have included the latest version of OpenStack in every Ubuntu release, and made every OpenStack release available...

Canonical
30 October 2013

Canonical
29 October 2013

Hadoop Buyer’s Guide

Article Cloud and server

Big Data comes with big choices, in every way! From the tools you use to the investment you make in people and infrastructure. Although Hadoop is arguably the most popular Big Data platform, there are still many implementation and even more add-ons to choose from. To help you decide which one works best for your

Canonical
29 October 2013

Canonical
25 October 2013

Indented styles and the Ubuntu shape

Featured Ubuntu

Since we released the initial demo of Ubuntu on phones, we’ve been looking at refining the whole Suru theme — the theme on Ubuntu for phones and tablets — and creating visual guidelines for it. Two of the things that we evolved were the treatment of the indented style and the corner size of the

Canonical
25 October 2013

Canonical
23 October 2013

App Design Clinic #3

Notes Ubuntu

Today’s clinic included: A discussion of launcher placement, Brad Well’s Bible app – general design guidance Michael Zanetti’s uAuthenticator app – general design guidance, plus a discussion of naming and how names appear in the dash and in the app header The next clinic is on Wednesday 6th November. We love discussing...

Canonical
23 October 2013

Canonical
18 October 2013

What’s the future for open source mobile platforms?

Article Phone and tablet

GMIC and Mobile Monday are only a few days away, and we’ll be there. Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu, will be speaking at GMIC about “the future of the open source mobile platform movement” during a fireside chat on Tuesday 22nd October at 11:15 am. Afterwards one of the Canonical team will be demonstrating the

Canonical
18 October 2013

Canonical
17 October 2013

Latest Ubuntu 13.10 includes first step to mobile / PC convergence

News Desktop

13.10 desktop gains Smart Scopes and performance improvements from mobile and desktop convergence effort, paving the way for full converge across all devices. 13.10 includes the first true mobile release of Ubuntu, enabling OEMs, carriers and silicon vendors to integrate Ubuntu for mobile devices in 2014. 13.10 supports...

Canonical
17 October 2013

Canonical
10 October 2013

Ubuntu 13.10 delivers faster cloud setup and management for scale-out environments

News Cloud and server

Ubuntu Server 13.10 is available from 17th October; first fully supported release of the new OpenStack Havana, with faster node installation and a new version of Juju that supports ultra-dense containerised application deployment. Canonical today announced that the next version of Ubuntu for server and cloud...

Canonical
10 October 2013

Canonical
7 October 2013

Deploying web applications using Juju on EC2 (Part 2/3)

Article Cloud and server

The goal of this tutorial series is to demonstrate the power of Juju service orchestration for deploying web applications and infrastructure services. Juju is a service orchestration framework that is designed to make it very easy for application designers to deploy their applications in an easy, repeatable and logical...

Canonical
7 October 2013

Canonical
26 September 2013

Deploying web applications using Juju on EC2 (Part 1/3)

Article Cloud and server

The goal of this tutorial series is to demonstrate the power of Juju service orchestration for deploying web applications and infrastructure services in the cloud, in this case on Amazon EC2. Juju is a service orchestration framework that is designed to make it very easy for application designers to deploy their...

Canonical
26 September 2013

Wednesday App Clinic – Update

Notes Ubuntu

Over the last few weeks, we’ve enjoyed running 2 Wednesday App Clinics. Thanks to all those who sent us their apps and questions. It’s been a fantastic response! It certainly has helped us to see how you’ve been using the design guides and the components, and I hope it has helped you. The first clinic started

Canonical
26 September 2013

Canonical
19 September 2013

Creating Evernote on Ubuntu for smartphones

Article Phone and tablet

The Ubuntu community has been supporting app development for Ubuntu on phones since its launch in January. Volunteer developers have contributed significant amounts of code to the phone, including core applications such as the calendar, calculator, the music app and more. We are now announcing a project to create an...

Canonical
19 September 2013

Charm Championship to be judged by industry leaders

News Cloud and server

As we approach the final month of the Juju Charm Championship, we’re excited to announce the panel of expert judges who will be reviewing submissions and selecting the winners for the competition’s six categories. Canonical is proud to have such a prestigious list of judges. It’s a testament to the value Juju brings to cloud

Canonical
19 September 2013

Canonical
17 September 2013

HP releases Ubuntu loaded machines in 1,500 stores in China

News Desktop

Ubuntu’s retail presence has grown again as HP brings a range of laptops pre-installed with a Chinese-centric version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to over 1,500 of its stores across all major cities in China. Consumers in China will now be able to purchase HP laptops running Ubuntu directly from stores, where they will also find

Canonical
17 September 2013

Canonical
12 September 2013

Landscape updates Ubuntu with hyperscale management

News Ubuntu

Today we’re introducing some new features into Ubuntu’s systems management and monitoring tool, Landscape. Organisations will now be able to use Landscape to manage Hyperscale environments ranging from ARM to x86 low-power designs, adding to Landscape’s existing coverage of Ubuntu in the cloud, data centre server, and...

Canonical
12 September 2013