The Ubuntu forums are running a survey about the option of having proprietary software in their software center for users to purchase if they wish. Whats interesting is the survey mentions Adobe Photoshop. So whats the problem?
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Ubuntu primes music service
Ubuntu Linux will likely include an iTunes-like music service in its next release.
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Confirmed: IBM and Ubuntu To Counter Windows 7 at Lotusphere 2010
Once again, The VAR Guy's sources were right. Canonical, as our resident blogger expected, is set to announce some Ubuntu news at IBM's Lotusphere conference in Orlando the week of January 18.
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Canonical shines its Ubuntu light on consumers
Canonical, creator of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has taken its share of criticism for not being innovative enough for some in the Linux community. In 2010, however, Canonical's focus on design and packaging will come to be seen as a seriously shrewd strategy as it helps to take Linux to the masses.
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My new focus at Canonical
From March next year, I'll focus my Canonical energy on product design, partnerships and customers. Those are the areas that I enjoy most and also the areas where I can best shape the impact we have on open source and the technology market.
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Mark Shuttle Worth Steps Down as CEO of Ubuntu
In shocking news, Mark Shuttleworth, the dictator CEO of Ubuntu, has stepped down from his position.
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Canonical releases Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 1
Canonical, and the Ubuntu developers, have announced the availability of the first alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, code named "Lucid Lynx". The first development milestone is the first of three planned alpha releases.
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Canonical’s Landscape Dedicated Server Strategy
This is part two of WorksWithU's podcast with Ken Drachnik, Landscape manager at Canonical. This discussion specifically covers Landscape Dedicated Server Edition - which runs on-premise and allows IT administrators to manage Ubuntu systems. Here's a minute-by-minute list describing the conversation...
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F-Spot (Mono) Can Still be Removed from Next Ubuntu
Canonical at a crossroad after deciding to remove GIMP from the CD-ROM; potential replacements not finalised yet
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The Case for a Mono-Free Ubuntu and Novell’s Case for a Mono Fee Ubuntu
Canonical's route to escaping Microsoft's patent extortion is simple owing to gThumb and Gnote, but will it manage to see Mono's agenda?
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Canonical Drops Support for LPIA on Ubuntu 10.04
Canonical announced that the LPIA (Low-Power Intel Architecture) architecture would no longer be supported.
Canonical drops support for LPIA because users are not interested in LPIA.The developers decided to retire it.
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Ubuntu To Stop Supporting LPIA Architecture
Two years ago Ubuntu began supporting LPIA, or the Low-Power Intel Architecture. LPIA is i386, but with different compile-time optimizations. LPIA was in use by the Ubuntu Mobile project with Intel's recent mobile CPUs supporting this lower-power architecture. Tests we carried out earlier this year at Phoronix showed Ubuntu's LPIA-based MID spin can conserve 10%+ power.
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Opportunity is knocking in the government market for Canonical's Landscape, a systems management and monitoring tool for Ubuntu systems. Specifically, Autonomic Resources - an integrator that serves the U.S. federal government - is now approved to offer Landscape to government customers running Ubuntu, WorksWithU has learned. Here are some quick details.
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With gThumb and Gnote in Ubuntu 10.04, Default Install Would be Leaner, Mono Free
Constructive suggestions for Canonical to save disk space and also remove a controversial dependency that slows Ubuntu down
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Canonical’s Landscape: The Ubuntu Management Strategy
In this WorksWithU podcast, editorial director Joe Panettieri speaks with Ken Drachnik, Landscape manager at Canonical. Landscape is Canonical's remote management and monitoring tool for Ubuntu systems.
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