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Canonical launches U.S.-based shop.ubuntu.com in time for holiday season

Stock up on Ubuntu-branded merchandise and software

LONDON/Lexington, Mass., November 18, 2008: Canonical launched today an U.S.-based on-line shop for Ubuntu-branded merchandise and software. With a new fulfillment house in St. Louis, Missouri, shipments are faster and less expensive for Ubuntu users and enthusiasts in the U.S.

ARM and Canonical to bring full Ubuntu desktop experience to low-power, ARM technology-based computing devices

Popular commercially-supported Linux distribution Ubuntu to be available on low-power ARM SoCs with rich integrated graphics and video subsystems and a proven track record of low-power design

Ubuntu® 8.10 Server Edition delivers significant new features to innovative user base

Ubuntu Server Edition enhances Java®, virtualization and system management capabilities

London, October 28, 2008: Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu® 8.10 Server Edition for free download on 30 October. In related news Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition.

Ubuntu® 8.10 Desktop Edition enables mobile, flexible computing for a changing digital world

London, October 27, 2008: Canonical Ltd. announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu® 8.10 Desktop Edition for free download on 30 October. In related news, Canonical also announced the simultaneous release of Ubuntu 8.10 Server Edition.

Ubuntu 7.04 reaches end-of-life on October 19, 2008

Ubuntu announced the release of 7.04 almost 18 months ago, on April 19, 2007. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 7.04 will reach end of life on Sunday, October 19th, 2008. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 7.04.

Ubuntu server team wants to know – how do you Ubuntu?

Co-sponsored by Canonical and RedMonk, survey asks community about its server usage

LONDON, September 25, 2008 – Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, is asking users of Ubuntu Server edition just exactly how they are using it and in what kind of organisations.

Canonical to Offer Yahoo! Zimbra Desktop through Ubuntu (R) Partner Repository

Ubuntu users now have direct access to Zimbra’s next generation email and calendaring solution

Unison™ released for Ubuntu™ to bring unified communications to Linux

Partnership with Canonical will challenge Microsoft unified communications with more powerful and cost-effective Linux alternative

Canonical To Offer Alfresco Labs Pre-Packaged Within Ubuntu Distribution

Leading open source proponents take first steps to make enterprise solutions available to combined user base

Linux World EXPO, San Francisco — August 5, 2008 – Alfresco Software, Inc., the leader in open source enterprise content management (ECM), today announced that Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the highly regarded Linux distribution, Ubuntu, will offer Alfresco Labs 3 within a pre-built software download as part of its partner repository.  Using the simple apt-get command, end-users can execute a full installation, with all drivers and relevant dependencies pre-packaged.  This move provides Alfresco with a new platform from which to reach a rapidly expanding Ubuntu user-base.

Launchpad 2.0 Radically Improves Collaboration for Open Source Projects

Canonical’s Launchpad 2.0 Improves Flexibility And Integration of Developer Collaboration Nexus

July 29, 2008 (London) - Canonical Inc. announced today a major new release of Launchpad, including features that make collaborative development faster and more flexible and allowing users to integrate their standalone project infrastructure with Launchpad.