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RSS ubuntu in newsReliability race: Microsoft OS beats Apple, Ubuntu
News Apple's service was down two hours and 34 minutes, with 99.9 per cent uptime, and Canonical's Ubuntu version of Linux was down one day, five hours and 45 minutes, for 98.64 per cent uptime. It noted that Ubuntu's service also is available through... [15 Jul 2008]
Ubuntu founder: 'Upstream' bugs must be quashed
News The founder of the Ubuntu open-source operating system, Mark Shuttleworth, has called for Ubuntu developers to fix all software flaws found in the operating system, including, crucially, those in inherited source code. [01 Jul 2008]
Open source to 'blow mobiles open'
News Other open source handset software includes the recent release of mobile Ubuntu. Open source software will mean the end of proprietary phone and software bundles, and create universal compatibility and lower the cost of handsets within three years... [30 Jun 2008]
Mobile Ubuntu invites developers to build
News Canonical this week released its first publicly available developer edition of Ubuntu for mobile internet devices. Ubuntu Mobile Internet Device Edition works on two devices at present, the Samsung Q1U and the Intel Crown Beach development station... [26 Jun 2008]
IBM sings a Symphony to rival Office
News Versions for the Mac and Ubuntu are coming later this year. IBM has launched a commercially supported version of its Lotus Symphony productivity suite, ready to take on Microsoft Office. The software is free, with unlimited technical support for... [09 Jun 2008]
Ubuntu Linux goes mobile
News A version of the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system is coming later this year for mobile internet devices and subnotebooks. Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, has said it plans to demonstrate the new version, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, at... [04 Jun 2008]
Firefox 3 RC1 unleashed for feedback
News The previous version of Firefox 3 was seen by Canonical as sufficiently stable and complete to be integrated into the latest version of the Ubuntu Linux operating system. The first release candidate of Firefox 3 has been made available to... [20 May 2008]
Java - 100 per cent open source by end of this year
News Because these could not be offered under the GNU General Public Licence, this stopped OpenJDK - used in the Fedora and Ubuntu Linux distributions - being fully compatible with Java. Sun is to open source the last closed-source parts of Java, a move... [28 Apr 2008]
Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards
News The company's decision to stay away from the consumer desktop is less about Microsoft's dominance there than about Ubuntu, which is the leading challenger in that space, Blankenhorn said. Anyone who has read anything about open source for any... [21 Apr 2008]
Open source Ubuntu announces 'need for an adventurous mountain goat'
News Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth has revealed the name of the version of Ubuntu, due in October: 'Intrepid Ibex'. Open-source operating system Ubuntu is developed by Canonical and a community of programmers. [22 Feb 2008]
Vista - businesses not convinced
News Forty-four per cent said they are "considering" alternative operating systems - mostly Mac OS X, Red Hat Linux, Suse Linux and Ubuntu. Almost a year on from the release of Microsoft's Windows Vista, only 13 per cent of companies say they expect to... [26 Nov 2007]
Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP...
News The company has also bowed to customer pressure to offer PCs with Ubuntu installed, for Linux lovers. In a fight between a penguin and a leopard which one wins? The leopard of course - but when it comes to choosing an operating system, Windows XP... [13 Nov 2007]
Ubuntu strips off for virtualisation
News Ubuntu sponsor Canonical is touting a version of its Linux software stripped down for use just on virtualised environments. The version, called Jeos for 'Just Enough Operating System' and pronounced "juice", is now available, Canonical announced at... [12 Sep 2007]
Ubuntu security concerns sparked
News Concerns over the security of the Ubuntu Linux distribution arose when five out of eight community-run servers sponsored by Canonical had to shut down. The servers had "started attacking other systems", according to an Ubuntu newsletter. [17 Aug 2007]
Vista: Businesses rethinking quick switch
News Gray wrote: "When it comes to Windows Vista, Microsoft's biggest competitor isn't Apple, Novell, Red Hat or Ubuntu (just to name a few) - it's Microsoft itself. Businesses that had been thinking of a quick move to Windows Vista may be rethinking... [16 Aug 2007]
