Blog posts tagged
"Press releases"

137 posts


admin
18 October 2011

Vodafone Webbook with Ubuntu software launched in South Africa

News Desktop

Canonical today announces that Vodacom, the African subsidiary of Vodafone, has launched the Vodafone Webbook, which is available to users exclusively with the Ubuntu software. The goal of the product is to bring an affordable, full-featured online computing experience to millions of young South Africans to whom owning...

admin
18 October 2011


Canonical
28 July 2011

Canonical launches technical support for Ubuntu on most popular public clouds

News Cloud and server

Full support and systems management services from the Ubuntu experts ready to go for most popular OS on the open public cloud Canonical today announces the launch of Ubuntu Advantage Cloud Guest, a set of technical support services, management tools and legal cover for businesses running Ubuntu in public cloud...

Canonical
28 July 2011


Canonical
1 June 2011

Mobica adopting Ubuntu Core for embedded device development

News Desktop

Mobica is partnering with Canonical in the adoption of Ubuntu Core, a sub-set of Ubuntu technologies suited for the next generation of Internet-enabled embedded devices such as In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems, set top boxes, smart TV and digital devices for the home. Mobica, providers of high-end software...

Canonical
1 June 2011


Canonical
12 May 2011

Canonical joins GENIVI and announces Ubuntu version for in-vehicle infotainment

News Desktop

Canonical today announces it has joined The GENIVI Alliance, a non-profit industry alliance committed to driving the broad adoption of an open source In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) reference platform. Canonical has joined to bring its new IVI-focused products to the GENIVI Alliance members and to announce its intention...

Canonical
12 May 2011


Canonical
28 April 2011

Latest Ubuntu offers businesses added cloud features and sleek new desktop interface

News Cloud and server

Canonical today announced availability on April 28 of the Ubuntu 11.04 suite of products for businesses. Spanning corporate and developer desktops, servers and the leading open-source cloud implementation, Ubuntu 11.04 offers businesses of all sizes an open-source alternative. “Ubuntu 11.04 offers exciting opportunities...

Canonical
28 April 2011


Canonical
24 March 2011

Ubuntu Software Centre adds Darwinia and Uplink

Article Desktop

London, March 24 2011: Canonical today announced the addition of Darwinia and Uplink, games by renowned publisher Introversion to the Ubuntu Software Center. Users can buy, download, install these games in just a few clicks and for the first 30 days, the games can be bought from the Ubuntu Software Centre for the special price

Canonical
24 March 2011


Canonical
10 February 2011

Canonical releases world’s most comprehensive, up-to-date component catalog for Linux

News Ubuntu

Canonical today announced that for the first time it was making publicly available its complete database of certified components for Ubuntu and Linux — rapidly reducing the the time-to-market for Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) working on Ubuntu or Linux machines. The catalogue gives ODMs a selection of over 1300...

Canonical
10 February 2011


Canonical
2 February 2011

Dell customers use Ubuntu to deploy cloud

News Cloud and server

Canonical today announced the availability of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) running on Dell PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 servers in an integrated solution enabling Dell's U.S.-based customers to easily deploy Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The standard edition released today allows software developers and IT...

Canonical
2 February 2011


Canonical
24 January 2011

London’s Design Museum recognises Ubuntu fonts

News Desktop

London 24th January 2011: The Ubuntu Project today announced the opening of a new exhibition at London’s Design Museum dedicated to the Ubuntu Font, in collaboration with international typeface designers Dalton Maag. Entitled ‘Shape my language’, the exhibition will run from 28th January to 28th February 2011. The...

Canonical
24 January 2011


Canonical
21 December 2010

Canonical and the Ubuntu project say Happy Holidays with the Ubuntu Font Family released for the web

News Desktop

Google and the Ubuntu project have today released the Ubuntu Font Family to the world through the Google Font Directory.Through the magic of the Google Font API any web designer can now pick Ubuntu from the Google Font Directory and bring the beauty and legibility of the Ubuntu fonts to their web properties. Using Ubuntu

Canonical
21 December 2010


Canonical
1 December 2010

Canonical celebrates new UA: Landscape interface with Ubuntu Advantage free trial offer

News Cloud and server

New interface significantly eases feature deployment for systems management tool Canonical today announced a free trial to showcase the entirely new interface for its systems management solution, Ubuntu Advantage: Landscape. Landscape has been available to Ubuntu users for four years and is now part of the Ubuntu...

Canonical
1 December 2010


Canonical
21 October 2010

Canonical’s Ubuntu Developer Summit to bring together international community of developers to build the next Ubuntu

News Cloud and server

LONDON, October 20, 2010 – On the heels of Canonical’s latest release, Ubuntu 10.10, the company will begin its Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) on October 25, 2010 to discuss, design and develop Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) for release in April 2011. UDS is the Ubuntu event where the company – and the community – defines

Canonical
21 October 2010


Canonical
7 October 2010

Latest Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition puts focus on consumers and mobile

News Desktop

Ubuntu 10.10 adds features for desktop and netbook users London, October 7, 2010: Canonical today announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop and Netbook Editions for download on Sunday, October 10. Focused on home and mobile computing users, Ubuntu 10.10 introduces an array of online and offline...

Canonical
7 October 2010


Canonical
7 October 2010

Latest Ubuntu 10.10 Server Edition makes cloud deployment easier than ever

News Cloud and server

Canonical to sponsor users with free cloud time on Amazon EC2 to let users experience improvements for themselves Canonical today announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 10.10 Server Edition for download on Sunday, October 10 — making it easier to configure, update and run both in development and deployment...

Canonical
7 October 2010