About Ubuntu

VMWORLD/SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – September 11, 2007 – Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced the availability of its Ubuntu JeOS (Just Enough Operating System) edition.

Ubuntu JeOS (pronounced "Juice") is an efficient variant of the popular desktop and server operating system, configured specifically for virtual appliances.

What the Ubuntu Developer Summit Is

At the beginning of a new development cycle, Ubuntu developers from around the world gather to help shape and scope the next release of Ubuntu. The summit is open to the public, but is not a traditional conference, exhibition or other audience-oriented event. Rather, it is an opportunity for Ubuntu developers - who usually collaborate online - to work together in person on specific tasks.

Celebrate Ubuntu Hug Day, 22nd August, 2007 - Dedicated to GNOME

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the GNOME project we are having a very special Hug Day on Wednesday, August 22nd. We will be focusing on the collaboration between the Ubuntu and GNOME projects by working on the following topics.

• Creating links between Ubuntu bugs reported in Launchpad to those reported in GNOME's bugzilla
• Ensuring that any forwarded bug reports have the same information and are complete.

Dell Answers Customer Calls for Linux in Europe

Dell today unveiled two consumer PCs in Europe – the Inspiron 6400n and the Inspiron 530n – with the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux operating system factory installed. Available now in the United Kingdom, Germany and France, the systems are Dell’s first steps to meet the needs of the Linux enthusiast community outside of the United States.

Canonical and Altkom Akademia partner to deliver Ubuntu Certified Professional training in Poland

London, UK, 3 August 2007 – Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has signed an agreement with Altkom Akademia to deliver 'Ubuntu Certified Professional' (UCP) training in Poland. Altkom will deliver official courses in Warsaw starting in September 2007.

Canonical Announces Beta of Launchpad 'Personal Package Archive' Service For Developers Publishing Their Own Software

UBUNTU LIVE, Portland, OR, July 22, 2007 - Canonical today announced the beta release of the Launchpad Personal Package Archive (PPA) service, a new way for developers to build and publish packages of their code, documentation, artwork, themes and other contributions to free software.

New “Landscape” Ideal for Large Deployments

UBUNTU LIVE, Portland, OR, July 22, 2007 - Canonical announced today the availability of Landscape, its web-based systems management tool for Ubuntu servers and desktops.

Available to Canonical's support subscribers, Landscape provides a key tool for the growing number of businesses that want to take advantage of the ease of use of Ubuntu and have previously seen system administration or support as a hurdle.

New Python-based database communication tool represents first open source component of Launchpad

LONDON, July 9, 2007 – Canonical Ltd today announced the release of Storm, a generic open source object relational mapper (ORM) for Python. Storm is designed to support communication with multiple databases simultaneously. Canonical is best known for the popular Ubuntu operating system and Launchpad, a web-based collaboration platform for open source developers.

Ubuntu Receives Readers' Choice Award for 'Best Linux Distribution'

NEW YORK, NY, June 29, 2007 – Canonical, Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced that it won Enterprise Open Source Magazine’s Readers’ Choice Award for the “Best Linux Distribution,” voted on by members of the open source community.

Canonical Announces Details of Ubuntu for Mobile Internet Devices

Scheduled for October 2007 Launch

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 7, 2007 – Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced more details on Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition at Computex 2007 in Taipei.

Following discussions at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Seville Spain and a great response from the developer community generally, the target specifications and technical milestones for the project have been agreed.