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Easy Upgrades and Optimized Performance of Virtual Machines Virtualization meets Ubuntu with the release of Ubuntu version 7.04 on April 19. This latest version from Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, features a new upgrade tool and advanced support and optimization for running virtual machines. Ubuntu is the award-winning

Updates to Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu Include Improved Speed, Sound, and Documentation To coincide with the Ubuntu 7.04 launch Thursday, Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced the availability of Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu. Ubuntu 7.04, including the Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu variants, will be widely availab

Boasts Windows Migration, Improved Networking, Graphics and Multimedia Support Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announce the availability of Ubuntu 7.04 Desktop Edition on April 19. Ubuntu is the award-winning Linux distribution for the desktop, laptop, thin client and server which brings together the best of open source

While millions consider whether to pay for Vista, the Ubuntu project releases its secure, high performance, free desktop and server editions. For users wanting a secure, feature rich alternative to Microsoft Windows, Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today the Thursday release of Ubuntu version 7.04. Ubuntu is th

Launchpad.net today started public beta testing of Launchpad 1.0, a web-based collaboration service that improves the flow of communication between different software projects. Collaboration is crucial to free software projects, but has traditionally been difficult across communities that use different tools which don't easily exchange in

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has scooped another award for Ubuntu, its leading-edge Linux distribution. At the PC Welt awards dinner held during the CeBIT Exhibition in Hanover, on Friday 16th March, Ubuntu was awarded the “Editor's Choice Award for Open Source”. PC-WELT editor in chief, Andreas Perb

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 7.04. Ubuntu 7.04 is the most user-friendly Ubuntu to date and includes a ground-breaking Windows migration assistant, excellent wireless networking support and improved multimedia support. Ubuntu 7.04 server edition adds support for hardware facilities that speed up the use

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has signed an agreement with NT+C Network Training and Consulting Südwest GmbH, to deliver 'Ubuntu Certified Professional' (UCP) training in Germany. NT+C will deliver official courses across Germany from May 2007. Two five day courses, Ubuntu Professional Courses 1 & 2,

Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced its newly created Partner Programme to drive awareness and adoption of business-ready, open source server platforms, and desktop solutions. The Programme aims to help Canonical partners using Ubuntu as a major element in their solutions, and to deepen Canonical’s relationships w

Guadalinex is a Debian based GNU/Linux distribution promoted by the government of Andalusia (Spain). It’s used in schools, public libraries, centers for elderly people and special info centers on over 100,000 PCs. Recently, Guadalinex announced that the next version would be based on Ubuntu. A translations of their justification is includ

Ubuntu announced the release of 5.10 almost 18 months ago, on October 13th. 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 5.10 will reach end of life on Friday April 13th 2007. At that

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, and SpikeSource, a provider of open source solutions, today announced that SpikeSource will certify its business-ready open source applications for Ubuntu, and deliver support for Ubuntu through its growing channel of solution providers. Under this agreement, SpikeSource will certify its ap

The Rosetta Translation Portal team is pleased to announce that the portal is now ready for widespread use. Rosetta’s goal is to make the process of translating free software as easy as possible for both translators and software maintainers. Maintainers can send us PO Templates and PO Files, which will be published through the web

Ubuntu and Kubuntu have been awarded the TUX Magazine Readers Choice Award for 2005 TUX Magazine is aimed at the new Linux user, and currently has over 50,000 registered readers. Firefox and OpenOffice.org also won in their categories, of which there were 14 in total. “We were amazed by both the quantity and quality of

Canonical Ltd, the lead sponsor of the popular Ubuntu operating system, and Linspire, Inc. the developer of the commercial desktop Linux operating system of the same name, today announced plans for a technology partnership that integrates core competencies from each company into the other's open source Linux offerings. Linspire will trans

The Call for Participation is now open for Ubuntu Live, the first official conference dedicated to this award-winning and popular Linux-based operating system. The three-day event will aim to give participants all the knowledge they need to explore and set in motion the powerful features in Ubuntu and related applications. Program chairs