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A lot of people have said that the Ubuntu Software Center will fail because it's offering something that is not usual on Linux, more precisely applications and games that cost money.
The Ubuntu Software Center store can be consulted online and not only from inside the operating system, so anyone can check what... |
10 February 2012
09:41 GMT |
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Three security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the Linux kernel for OMAP4 packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system, were announced today by Canonical. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2012-0038, C... |
7 February 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Jonathan Riddell sadly announced a few hours ago that Canonical will no longer support his work on the famous Kubuntu operating system, starting with Kubuntu 12.10. Canonical intends to treat Kubuntu like any other Ubuntu derivative, such as Xubuntu, Lubuntu or Edubuntu, supporting them with infrastructure."This is a... |
7 February 2012
01:15 GMT |
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Canonical has decided to remove the "Notes" feature from the Ubuntu One interface, on Tuesday, February 28th. The developers in charge with the Ubuntu One web interface said that the U1 Notes feature is not really working as it should and it would eat up a lot of human resources to elevate its quality to make i... |
6 February 2012
04:20 GMT |
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Canonical announced a couple of days ago, January 27th, that the sponsorship for the upcoming Ubuntu Developer Summit 2012 event is now open for submissions. Ubuntu Developer Summit 2012 for the Ubuntu 12.10 operating system will take place in Oakland, California, USA, at the The Oakland Marriott City Center, from 7t... |
30 January 2012
02:45 GMT |
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A security vulnerability that was discovered in the Linux kernel packages by Jüri Aedla, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, was announced by Canonical. Jüri Aedla discovered that the kernel incorrectly handled /proc/<pid>/mem permissions. A local attacker could... |
26 January 2012
02:40 GMT |
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Ubuntu Developer Week, a gathering of talented people that come from all over the world to talk about the future of Ubuntu, is taking place from Tuesday, 31st January 2012 to Thursday, 2nd February 2012. People who attend Ubuntu Developer Week will learn how software is put into Ubuntu and how it’s mainta... |
25 January 2012
10:52 GMT |
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Ubuntu Unleashed 2012: Covering 11.10 and 12.04 is a book written for advanced Ubuntu users that strive to learn more about the operating system made by Canonical. Readers of “Ubuntu Unleashed 2012: Covering 11.10 and 12.04” can expect to learn how to quickly install Ubuntu, how to configure the Unity Int... |
25 January 2012
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Several security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, were announced by Canonical. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203,... |
24 January 2012
02:14 GMT |
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Several security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the Linux kernel packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, were announced by Canonical. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-2203, CVE-2011-4077,... |
24 January 2012
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Canonical has announced that the Ubuntu Certification Website has received a major update in order to make it a lot more useful and to increase its functionality. The most important option implemented in the new Ubuntu Certification Website is the search feature, redesigning the way the systems are listed.Canonical h... |
20 January 2012
10:44 GMT |
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Canonical is promoting these days their new product, Ubuntu Cloud Jumpstart, a service that promises to deploy a private cloud infrastructure on the client's hardware. How it works? Simple! During five days, a Canonical services engineer and a Canonical engagement manager will build your private cloud on your ow... |
18 January 2012
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As announced last month, Canonical is preparing to remove the Sun JDK (Java Development Kit) packages from the software repositories, starting with February 16th, 2012, affecting Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.04. Users should not be worried, as Canonical will NOT remove the Java packages from their sys... |
18 January 2012
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ArtistX 1.2, a Ubuntu-based distribution that aims to enable artists and creators from a number of fields to work via a live and free environment, has just been released. ArtistX 1.2 has been in development for more than ten years and now it has moved from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) to Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocel... |
16 January 2012
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Several security vulnerabilities that were discovered in the Linux kernel for OMAP4 packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system, were announced by Canonical. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-2203, CVE-... |
13 January 2012
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Even if you're an Ubuntu user or you just heard about it and you want to learn more about Ubuntu, you can attend the Ubuntu User Days event this weekend! Ubuntu User Days will be take place from Saturday 13:30 UTC through Sunday 03:00 UTC on the Ubuntu Classroom IRC channel.Canonical created the Ubuntu User Days... |
12 January 2012
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Canonical, through John Bernard, announced on their blog that Ubuntu was a totall success at the CES 2012 event that takes place between 10th and 13th January at the Las Vegas Convention Center in L.A., US. It looks like both Ubuntu TV and the Ubuntu One cloud storage service have been of particular interest to many ... |
12 January 2012
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Two security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel for EC2 packages by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, were announced by Canonical. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-2203 and CVE-2011-411... |
12 January 2012
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Canonical announced that a few security vulnerabilities were discovered in the Linux kernel for OMAP4, by various developers, this time affecting the Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) operating system. These are the kernel vulnerabilities found recently in the Linux kernel packages: CVE-2011-1162, CVE-2011-2203, CVE-20... |
12 January 2012
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As we've announced earlier today, Canonical will showcase these days at CES 2012 an Ubuntu TV device featuring the Unity interface. A few minutes ago, Canonical unleashed the Ubuntu TV website, presenting its features and detailed specifications (see below for details).· Support for ARM and x86 boards;&mi... |
9 January 2012
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As we've announced earlier today, Canonical will showcase these days at CES 2012 an Ubuntu TV device featuring the Unity interface. A few minutes ago, Canonical unleashed the Ubuntu TV website, presenting its features and detailed specifications.Ubuntu TV offers easy integration of online and broadcast services,... |
9 January 2012
06:33 GMT |
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Canonical proudly unleashed yesterday, January 5th, their second iOS app, Ubuntu One Files, available for the popular Apple iPhone device. The Ubuntu One Files app for iPhone is free and lets users manage and secure their files and photos directly from the iOS device, from anywhere in the world.Ubuntu One Files is li... |
6 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Canonical announced last night, January 3rd, that it will present the latest in Desktop, Cloud and Ubuntu One demonstrations, as well as an exclusive Ubuntu concept design, at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) event, in Las Vegas, US. The CES (Consumer Electronics Show) event, will take place next week, between 10t... |
4 January 2012
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VMware View Client for Linux Tech Preview 1.3.0 is now available on all Ubuntu distributions starting from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS through Ubuntu 11.10, and can be downloaded from Ubuntu Software Center. Canonical is making sure that it stays at the forefront of technology and it's trying to get a step ahead of other O... |
22 December 2011
10:45 GMT |
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Canonical, through Lars Anderson, announced last evening, December 21st, the immediate availability for download of the Ubuntu In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) Remix operating system. Ubuntu IVI Remix is an In-Vehicle Infotainment operating system, based on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) and supports Intel and ARM process... |
22 December 2011
02:40 GMT |
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Daniel Holbach from Canonical proudly announced a few minutes ago, December 19th, the dates for the next year's first Ubuntu Developer Week event. The Ubuntu Developer Week 2012 event for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) will take place between 31st January and 2nd February, 2012.To participate, all you have ... |
19 December 2011
14:41 GMT |
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Ubuntu Cloud Live, a distribution of Ubuntu that's packing all the necessary tools to deploy your own, private, secret and Live cloud environment, is available from Canonical. Ubuntu Cloud 11.10 Live distribution has been launched by Canonical with little to now fanfare. They usually make a big deal of new Linux... |
16 December 2011
10:12 GMT |
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Ubuntu One, a cloud service operated and administered by Canonical, the makers of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, can now be used to stream music. Users can now listen to any song, either they are on a mobile environment or just in the web browser of their desktop PC. Canonical managed to push this update before the h... |
16 December 2011
09:22 GMT |
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Canonical announced a few hours ago, December 15th, that it will remove all Sun JDK (Java Development Kit) packages from the Canonical Partner repository.Because Oracle retired the "Operating System Distributor License for Java", Canonical no longer has permission to redistribute new Java packages.Therefore, in the n... |
16 December 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Ubuntu Hardware Summit took place on December 8th, at the Grand Victoria Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. There, Canonical took the time to launch a new website and to speak about what's to come in the Ubuntu future, over the next two years. The new website promoted by Canonical, odm.ubuntu.com, is designed to help devi... |
13 December 2011
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Several security updates for Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 10.10, and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS have been released by Canonical. The first fix relates to Dovecot which could have been made to expose sensitive information over the network because it incorrectly validated certificate hostnames when being used as a IM... |
9 December 2011
10:40 GMT |
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Stuart Metcalfe proudly announced a few hours ago, December 8th, on the Canonical blog that the popular PayPal payment method will be available in Ubuntu Software Center by Christmas."It’s been a long time in development, but we’re finally drawing close to releasing Paypal support in Ubuntu Pay, the payme... |
9 December 2011
06:11 GMT |
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Ubuntu 11.10, the latest Linux distribution launched by Canonical, has received two important security updates, one for a krb5 vulnerability and the other one for a colord vulnerability. The krb5 vulnerability presented a security issue that affected the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) which could be mad... |
8 December 2011
10:01 GMT |
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Sonia Ouarti from Canonical announced a couple of days ago, December 2nd, that the Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth and devops expert Clint Byrum will hold a webinar about Juju, this Thursday, December 8th at 3pm GMT."Cloud deployment is different. Juju enables tighter dev/ops handovers, the ability to scale services... |
5 December 2011
02:23 GMT |
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Earlier today, November 23rd, Canonical uploaded the final bits of the Mozilla Firefox 8.0 web browser on the official software repositories for the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system.All Ubuntu 11.10 users can now upgrade (by running the Software Update app from the Settings icon) their default web brows... |
23 November 2011
09:20 GMT |
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Canonical, through Sonia Ouarti, announced a couple of minutes ago (November 21st) the immediate availability for download of the "Five Golden Rules for a Successful Ubuntu Desktop Migration" eBook.Written for small businesses and enterprises, this free eBook from Canonical contains about 9 pages with information abo... |
21 November 2011
09:25 GMT |
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During the Ubuntu Developer Summit for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) the developers discussed the possibility of returning the Rhythmbox music player as the default audio management app for Ubuntu.Jason Warner from Canonical wants to know user's opinion in this matter, so write here in a comment if you wan... |
9 November 2011
18:31 GMT |
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As of yesterday, November 7th, Ubuntu has a Google+ Page for its fans around the world, where they can find interesting information, video interviews, and news about Ubuntu.It appears that Ubuntu tries to become more and more popular each day, creating pages on popular social networks and gathering lots of users from... |
8 November 2011
20:01 GMT |
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Last week, during the Ubuntu Developer Summit event for the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system, Canonical decided to recommend the 64-bit edition of Ubuntu, by default.This announcement comes right after the shocking news that the ISO image of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS will not fit on a CD anymore, ... |
7 November 2011
13:01 GMT |
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During the Ubuntu Developer Summit for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), Canonical decided to increase the size of the ISO image from 700 MB to 750 MB, targeting USB flash drives instead of CDs.This change will allow the Ubuntu developers to add more packages that were requested by users, and not be stressed out a... |
7 November 2011
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Ubuntu Developer Summit for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) is taking place these days (October 31st - November 4th) in Orlando, Florida, USA.After Mark Shuttleworth's keynote at UDS-P, were he says that Ubuntu will come to the mobile world, Canonical decided to laid out the initial plans. Click here to watc... |
3 November 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Mark Shuttleworth has announced that Canonical is planning on taking its operating system, Ubuntu, to other platforms such as smartphones, TVs, and tablets. In an interview with Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, for zdnet.com, Mark Shuttleworth revealed his plans for Ubuntu operating system.Apparently, 12.04 LTS (Long Term ... |
31 October 2011
11:42 GMT |
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Kate Stewart announced on October 28th that thr Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Netbook and ARM editions reached EOL (End of Life) on October 29th, 2011.The ARM and Netbook editions of Lucid Lynx were released 18 months ago, on April 29th, 2010. Since then, it received important security updates and critical fixes.On Octob... |
31 October 2011
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Red Hat and Canonical, both announced a few minutes ago, October 28th, on a short press release that it published a white paper called UEFI Secure Boot Impact on Linux.The companies are also collaborating with The Linux Foundation, in order to make hardware manufacturers think twice before implementing the new "Secur... |
28 October 2011
13:01 GMT |
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This Wednesday, October 26th, Canonical and Dell proudly announced their brand-new retail program designed to sell Dell laptops and desktops pre-loaded with Ubuntu.Canonical and Dell will sell Ubuntu powered computers on over 220 retail stores in China, in cities such Xu Zhou, Su Qian, Lian Yun Gang, Lianyungang or Y... |
28 October 2011
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Among the new features of Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), there's a tool called Orchestra, which automatically installs Ubuntu across sets of computers.As announced a few minutes ago by Mark Shuttleworth on his personal blog, Orchestra is an amazing tool, which helps system administrators to easily bring up a far... |
27 October 2011
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Canonical announced a couple of days ago, October 24th, that new books and magazines have been added to Ubuntu Software Center, from its new partners Linux New Media and Pearson Technology Group.Ubuntu users will be able to purchase the new titles from Ubuntu Software Center, and download them as high-quality PDF fil... |
26 October 2011
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Mark Shuttleworth has spoken on his blog about the decline of mainframes and the rise of cloud computing, in light of the newly launched Ubuntu Cloud 11.10. The founder of Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth, said that although the mainframes (or big iron) is about to get a run for its money with the increasing importance o... |
25 October 2011
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Canonical, through Allison Randal, announced on October 21st, that the next LTS (Long Term Support) versions of the Ubuntu operating system will be supported for 5 years.This is wonderful news, as all Ubuntu LTS releases from now on, starting with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), will be supported for 5 (five) ye... |
24 October 2011
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Dear Ubuntu fans, it's time to celebrate, as today, October 20th, Ubuntu turns 7 years since its first release, back in 2004.Seven years ago, on the 20th of October, 2004, Mark Shuttleworth announced the first official Ubuntu release, version 4.10, dubbed "Warty Warthog."Since then, Canonical released fifthteen ... |
20 October 2011
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