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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
21 March 2012

World Hosting Day Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution with Ubuntu

Ubuntu Server

At World Hosting Day in Germany today, Dell announced its partnering with Canonical to deliver and support Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution with Ubuntu in the UK, Germany and China. This is a great opportunity for enterprise customers who want to deploy their own private clouds with the same features and capabilities as public clouds ...

Canonical
19 March 2012

Ubuntu Cloud Day in India – April 4th, Bangalore

Ubuntu Server

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 delivery, the event is aimed at engineers and developers with a professional interest in using Ubuntu Cloud as a developer tool, along with those with a keen interest in developing ...

Canonical
16 March 2012

Task switching in Ubuntu, and a introduction to ‘The Spread’

Ubuntu Design

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 operating systems tasks are encapsulated into windows, and the most frequently used method of multi-tasking is window switching. Desktop OSs have multiple methods of window switching ...

Canonical
13 March 2012

Ubuntu Server: the best choice for business

Ubuntu White paper

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 why we think Ubuntu is the ideal choice of operating system to support today’s infrastructures and applications. We also showcase the experiences of some real Ubuntu users and ...

Canonical
13 March 2012

Ubuntu and Hadoop: the perfect match

Cloud and server White paper

In many fields of IT, there are always stand-out technologies. This is definitely the case in the Big Data space, where Hadoop is leading the way. However, without the right technology to underpin it, distributed Hadoop storage and processing environments can become complex to deploy and manage, and expensive to license. Ubuntu is the ide ...

Canonical
13 March 2012

Ubuntu: helping drive business insight from big data

Cloud and server White paper

Today, Big Data isn’t just for big companies, and it isn’t just happening on the web. In fact more and more organisations in multiple sectors are recognising its enormous value in terms of gaining new competitive insight. In this white paper, we take a brief look at how organisations in a range of sectors are ...

Canonical
6 March 2012

Choosing, moving, wallpapers

Ubuntu Design

All the way back in January we kicked off the submissions process for the next released of Ubuntu. We did this using Flickr and since then the group has been inundated with over 2,700 submissions! This is an incredible achievement in a reasonably short time and many of the entries are looking great. Charline, on ...

Canonical
5 March 2012

Notes from the Mobile World Congress 2012

Ubuntu Article

Ubuntu and Canonical had a very strong presence at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The main attraction was our Ubuntu for Android prototype that was published just a week earlier. The beautiful cubic pavilion also housed the Ubuntu TV demo, Ubuntu One, and our established desktop and cloud offerings. The booth attracted a ...

Canonical
2 March 2012

About Usability Testing – Recruiting

Ubuntu Article

Every three months, I conduct benchmark usability testing.  I’m calling these tests ‘benchmark testing’ because the aim of these sessions is to measure our progress towards achieving a great user experience with Ubuntu.  Last testing took place in October 2011.  I am now preparing for testing 12.04 to take place a couple of weeks from ...

Canonical
2 March 2012

Testing, testing, testing. It prints!

Ubuntu Article

Back in 2008 Nick Ellery noticed that the default printer test page used more ink that it really needed to: Bug #298935 (“test print uses far too much ink”). Millions and millions of these pages get printed every year, so any saving in ink will be amplified. In addition, it still had the pre-2010 Ubuntu ...

Canonical
1 March 2012

Ubuntu for Android success at Mobile World Congress

Ubuntu Phone

The Ubuntu booth at Mobile World Congress has been a resounding success. In the first two days of the show alone, over 4,000 delegates visited the stand to see the first live views of Ubuntu for Android. The reception has been overwhelmingly positive among hardware manufacturers and operators, and indeed among hundreds of individuals and ...

Canonical
26 February 2012

Canonical to showcase 'Ubuntu for Android' at MWC in Barcelona

Ubuntu Phone

Mobile World Congress begins tomorrow, and for the first time, Canonical has a presence at the show. Further to our announcement earlier this week, for the first time in public, we will be showcasing the brand new concept ‘Ubuntu for Android’. Ubuntu for Android is the world’s first full-featured desktop on a docked smartphone. You ...

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