Canonical
Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.
1489 posts by Canonical
Cloud and server
“Metal as a Service” provisioning tool from Canonical in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS beta
by Canonical on 4 April 2012
MAAS enables system administrators to provision hyperscale deployments of physical servers, bringing cloud-like semantics for on-demand capacity to the...
Cloud and server
Ubuntu big data environment provides new insight into music industry trends
by Canonical on 2 April 2012
Innovative London tech company Music Metric enables a comprehensive, up-to-the-hour view of artists’ popularity Summary Music Metric, an innovative London...
Cloud and server
Mercadolibre builds 1,000-node Ubuntu cloud for IT on demand
by Canonical on 2 April 2012
Ubuntu and AWS cloud used to capture, protect and monetise data across platforms Summary Mercadolibre has risen to prominence as Latin America’s leading...
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Ubuntu User Surveys 2012 – Part 4 and Final
by Canonical on 29 March 2012
I wanted to know what the reasons were for people choosing Ubuntu. After all there are other better-known choices out there. For the respondents across all...
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Ubuntu User Surveys 2012 – Part 3
by Canonical on 27 March 2012
So as promised let’s take a look a the next set of results from the Ubuntu Survey. I am going to bundle together the broader world of Ubuntu looking at other...
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The Pangolin wallpaper selection takes flight
by Canonical on 23 March 2012
For another cycle a selection of images has been put forward for inclusion in Ubuntu. As there have been some questions on other blogs about the process I...
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Ubuntu User Surveys 2012 – Part 2
by Canonical on 22 March 2012
Yesterday we looked at the demographics of the respondents to the survey and some observations about the validity of the date. I recommend you read that post...
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Ubuntu User Surveys 2012 – Part 1
by Canonical on 21 March 2012
Ok, we got a lot of response to the user survey poll, so thank you to everybody that took part. I will publish access to all the results through the fantastic...
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World Hosting Day Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution with Ubuntu
by Canonical on 21 March 2012
At World Hosting Day in Germany today, Dell announced its partnering with Canonical to deliver and support Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution with Ubuntu...
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Ubuntu Cloud Day in India – April 4th, Bangalore
by Canonical on 19 March 2012
Ubuntu Cloud Day is Canonical’s first Cloud event in Bangalore. With keynote speeches from various members of the Canonical team and a more focussed technical...
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Task switching in Ubuntu, and a introduction to ‘The Spread’
by Canonical on 16 March 2012
Introduction to task switching A key part of any operating system user interface is how it enables the user to switch between multiple tasks. In most desktop...
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Ubuntu Server: the best choice for business
by Canonical on 13 March 2012
Leading Linux-based operating system Ubuntu Server is engineered to support the needs of business in 21st century. In this why paper we look at 11 top reasons...