First Ubuntu phones to launch in 2014
The first smartphones based on a mobile version of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux operating system will be launched this year, the company's CEO said Wednesday.
View ArticleNew smartphone OS flags will fly at Mobile World Congress
The newer smartphone OS entrants competing to chip away at the dominance of Android and iOS are heading to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, and facing a landscape that has changed since last year's...
View ArticleCanonical CEO: Ubuntu wants to power everything from smartphones to the Cloud
While you may not recognize the name Canonical, chances are you've heard of its Debian-based Linux OS called Ubuntu. We spoke to Jane Silber, CEO of the privately held UK-based company.
View ArticleCanonical to close Ubuntu One cloud-storage service
Canonical is shutting down its Ubuntu One cloud-storage service rather than continue to go up against competitors such as Dropbox, Google Drive and EMC Syncplicity.
View ArticleCanonical's new Ubuntu focuses on the long haul
As organizations move in-house systems to the cloud, Canonical wants them to consider switching their OSes as well.
View ArticleDell brings Ubuntu to tablets with new Inspiron hybrids
The Linux-based Ubuntu OS is finding its way into tablets with Dell's latest Inspiron hybrids, which can function as tablets and laptops.
View ArticleIn Pictures: Ubuntu 14.04: The good, the bad, the Unity
Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support/LTS (Trusty Tahr) proves that it doesn’t matter if you’re Oracle, Microsoft, or Canonical: Bringing a fleet of products into new release revision synch is tough.
View ArticleCanonical celebrates Cloud freedoms with new Ubuntu
Canonical continues to aggressively equip its flagship Ubuntu Linux server software with more tools to help users build and run clouds.
View ArticleDocker gets some competition with new Joyent, Canonical containers
Spurred by the sudden success of the Docker virtualization technology, platform services provider Joyent and Linux distributor Canonical have each open-sourced their container technologies.
View ArticleDocker gets some competition with new Joyent, Canonical containers
Spurred by the sudden success of the Docker virtualization technology, platform services provider Joyent and Linux distributor Canonical have each open-sourced their container technologies.
View ArticleGoogle Cloud offers streamlined Ubuntu for Docker use
Google has adopted for use in its cloud a streamlined version of the Canonical Ubuntu Linux distribution tweaked to run Docker and other containers.
View ArticleAgainst the odds, Canonical and Jolla trot out iOS, Android alternatives
Four smartphone OSes that hope to find room next to Android and iOS were on display at Mobile World Congress, but the most exciting were Ubuntu Phone and Sailfish OS.
View ArticleUbuntu still vulnerable to time-twiddling hack
A security flaw in a common Unix software component remains unpatched in one of the most popular Linux distributions, more than a year after an official fix was published.
View ArticleBQ announces second Ubuntu phone and plans to build PC-smartphone combo
Against the odds, Canonical and Spanish company BQ are continuing to push Ubuntu for smartphones over Android and iOS. BQ's second Ubuntu phone is a step up from its inaugural effort, and the two...
View ArticleLife gets tougher for alternative mobile OSes Tizen, Firefox and Ubuntu
The future doesn't look very bright right now for alternative mobile operating systems Firefox OS, Tizen and Ubuntu.
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