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• Walt Mossberg gives Ubuntu the cold-shoulder

  Published: September 14, 2007, 6:30 pm

  Tags: Canonical, Dell, Linux, Open Source, Opensource, Opinion, Review, Ubuntu, Walt Mossberg, Waltmossberg

  of the burgeoning (and free) Canonical operating system, Walt Mossberg says that although Ubuntu is, "Relatively slick," he feels that there are too many, "little complications and hassles that will quickly frustrate most people who just want to use their computers, not maintain or tweak them." Apparently, after testing on a stock Dell system

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• Shuttleworth fires back at Ballmer

  Published: October 11, 2007, 12:29 pm

  Tags: Microsoft, Ubuntu, Canonical, Linux, Opera, Shuttleworth, Ubuntu Mozilla

  Yesterday I posted that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer accused open source programmers of not respecting intellectual property rights, mentioning Red Hat Linux by name. Today Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Ubuntu Linux developer Canonical, Inc., fired back, setting the record straight and shedding some light on the real IP problem children. (more…)

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• Macedonia Goes Open-Source in Schools

  Published: November 17, 2007, 3:25 pm

  Tags: Macedonia, Canonical, Education, Haier, Hardware, Information, Initiative, Ivanovski, Linux, Machines, Pcs, Picks, Society, Students, Technology, Ubuntu

  A wise move: by choosing open-source, Macedonia is ensuring that its students get a scalable computing experience that isn't beholden to a single company's software (and therefore shortcomings/prop read more

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• Ubuntu certified on new Sun Hardware

  Published: November 27, 2007, 6:11 pm

  Tags: Sun, Ubuntu, Linux, Ultrasparc T2, Canonical, Sun, Ultrasparc

  Ubuntu was certified by Canonical on some new hardware from Sun. Now you can buy support for Ubuntu from Canonical for the Sun Fire T5220 and 5240 ( both UltraSPARC T2) and the Sun Ultra 24 (Xeon).

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• Creating a SME Website (Part Two)

  Published: February 28, 2008, 7:48 pm

  Tags: Seo, Search Engine Optimisation, Google, Seo Consultant, Web, Marketing, Blogs, Serp, Accessibility, Matt Cutts, Address, 404, Canonical Url, 301, Links

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• Canonical CEO says Ubuntu Netbook Remix build coming in June

  Published: May 25, 2008, 2:30 pm

  Tags: Canonical, Gnu, Intel, Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, Markshuttleworth, Netbook, Netbook Remix, Netbookremix, Open Source, Open Source, Opensource, Subnote, Ubuntu, Ultraportable

  to a recent sit-down with Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth, we now know that a build of Ubuntu tailored for ultraportables (or subnotes, as it were) is just around the bend. According to Mr. Shuttleworth, the aforesaid software will be announced "in the first week of June," and it'll be called the Netbook Remix. He also noted that

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• Peng’s links for Wednesday, 16 July

  Published: July 16, 2008, 9:18 am

  Tags: Gnu Linux, Miscellaneous, Open Source, Tech, Ubuntu, Canonical, Envy, Vulnerabilities

  Ben Collins: Canonical and the Linux kernel. There’s an incorrect belief that Canonical, parent company of the *Ubuntu family of Linux distributions, doesn’t contribute much to the development of the Linux kernel. The truth is that the person who made the claim was looking at some faulty numbers. Ben sets the record straight for us

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