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- Canonical
- The standard or authoritative method. The term comes from "canon," which is the law or rules of the church. See canonical name and canonical synthesis.
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- IBM, Canonical partner to target Africa netbook market; Upend Microsoft
- Their timing is quite goodRight at this moment, the Internet infrastructure in Central Africa is being upgraded with new underwater fiber optic cable links that will ultimately bring Africa's broadband capacity on par with the rest of the world by late 2010. Their timing couldn't be better.Why not red hat...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Divide-and-conquer, netbook, Language Support, Debian, Canonical, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Canonical walks the talk with Launchpad release
- Canonical walks the talk with Launchpad releaseOK. Now we're getting somewhere.Canonical/Ubuntu is nuclear fissionable material.It has mass, inertia, momentum and it is more symbolic than any other Distro of what drives open source Linux.To be fair though, I don't believe Ubuntu could have been as successful as it is without...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Canonical/Ubuntu, Canonical
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
- Canonical's Ubuntu reaches for the cloud
- Canonical's Ubuntu reaches for the cloudJaunty Jackalope is DOAUbuntu 9.04 ("Jaunty Jackalope") is dead on arrival DOA, as far as I'm concerned. I first tested it as a "LiveCD" on a 2.4 GHz Intel Celeron laptop computer with 512 MB RAM (470 MB available to system) and internal 30...
- Tags: Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Jaunty Jackalope, Canonical
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat
- Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat"users simply expect the Windows experience"Without Windows, people no longer have the skive of "just rebooting", or "my machine has stopped responding".heh"'It also supports them without the need to search for drivers on dubious websites or load drivers from a CD,' Kenyon coughed....
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, netbook, netbook spat, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Canonical, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- Ubuntu should not copy the Mac
- Ubuntu should not copy the MacUbuntu does not want to be OS XI agree ubuntu should not try to copy the Mac, but my own understanding is that copying the Mac is not Mark Shuttleworth's intention. What he wants to copy is Apple's knack for designing intuitive, productive interfaces. The...
- Tags: Linux, Desktops, Operating systems, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Ubuntu, Palm Inc., Apple Macintosh, Canonical
- Discussion threads 2008-09-14
- Will the "12:00 flashers" change Linux?
- Will the "12:00 flashers" change Linux?RE: Will the12:00 flashers have enough trouble just pressing a button on their PC and finding the mouse and keyboard. So can you imagine what they will think when you tell them that they have to find the website, download the huge file and...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Canonical, Linux, Adobe Systems Inc., flasher, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- Canonical distributes Parallels via desktop update
- Canonical distributes Parallels via desktop updateCanonical distributes Parallels via desktop updateThis will be a great way for linux users to migrate to a Windows environment. Those desktop users can run Windows in parallels until they can get all of their applications working in Windows which should be fairly easy since...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, UNIX, Canonical, desktop update, Linux, desktop, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- For 2008 media will create Red Hat-Ubuntu war
- For 2008 media will create Red Hat-Ubuntu warRed Hat vs. Canonical"Running a business is not a religious exercise." Hmmm. I'm not sure a majority of CEOs would agree.Not a trend, just Matt Hartley under deadlineI am a former Mad Penguin writer who produced a number of Slashdotted and Dugg articles...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, OPEN SOURCE, Novell Inc., Adam Doxtater, Red Hat-Ubuntu war, Red Hat-Ubuntu, Canonical, media, PulseAudio
- Discussion threads 2007-12-31
- Google's big mobile splash: Handicapping the winners and losers
- Google's big mobile splash: Handicapping the winners and losersWhat about Java?Where does all this leave Sun and Java? They would seem to be another potential loser, as it appears that the Google OS isn't going to be a Java virtual machine.Just how much value will the Android-derived OS offer above...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Java, Operating systems, Google Inc., big Mobile, mobile, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-04
- News to know: Skype outage, Dell, HP
- Notable headlines:George Ou: Skype still down - Published DoS exploit may be culprit. Russell Shaw: Skype blames deficient networking algo blamed for service disruption.Marc Orchant: Worldwide Skype outage. Michael Krigsman: Skype failure and the Enterprise 2.0 mess. Techmeme roundup.Larry Dignan: Dell restates financials; Says books were cooked. Goals lead to...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Skype Technologies S.A., Outage, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-08-17
- Canonical dismisses Ubuntu security concerns
- Canonical dismisses Ubuntu security concernsCanonical dismisses Ubuntu security concernsYet another reason not to run linux on anything. Time after time it has proven to be untrustworthy. This is not the first time linux has been pwned nor will it be the last. I don't see any reason to...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Canonical, Linux, Ubuntu security, security, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, operating system, server
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
- Ubuntu servers hacked to attack others
- Ubuntu servers hacked to attack othersYeah.Anyone thinking of running a net facing server, get an Expert. I would assume that these people were college students doing it for free but after some of the things I've seen (who in the hell uses a while(1) loop in production software?) I'm not...
- Tags: Linux, Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, Anton, Stupidity, server, Canonical, security, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Dell Preloads Ubuntu Linux in Europe, Offers SUSE Linux Desktop in China
- Dell Preloads Ubuntu Linux in Europe, Offers SUSE Linux Desktop in ChinaThe world vs. India+ChinaYes, I mean Linux vs. Windows. Linux is developed by programmers all over the world while Windows Vista is coded not designed and tested mainly in China and India. Rumors says most of the work (including...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Canonical, certification process, BEST THING, Linux, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- Has Ubuntu clinched the desktop Linux market?
- On the surface a two-month delay in Red Hat's release of Global Desktop Linux is no big deal. (Picture of a Dell laptop running Ubuntu from Indiecom.)The aim of the project is not just to deliver an operating system, but a complete environment, including applications, aimed at the mass market.Some...
- Tags: Strategy, mass market, Linux Desktop OS, Linux, Hardware, Distributions, General
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- Canonical refines mobile Ubuntu Linux
- Canonical refines mobile Ubuntu LinuxDSLDamn Small Linux is already there. As is the embedded Debian on my Nokia N800. Good to see ubuntu join the party.The great mini PenguinDSL rocks! I love this little mini Linux. I run it both from the LiveCD and from my USB memory stick. I...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Damn Small Linux, Ubuntu, DSL, Canonical, Ubuntu Linux, mobile, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pact
- Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pactNothing newThis is really nothing new as Dell has been selling Linux servers for a long time. The only change here might come at Red Hat's expense if Dell is planning on pushing Microsoft Linux formerly SLES exclusively.Fantastic; Microsoft is Promoting Linux; Good for...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Management, Ubuntu, Linux, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Canonical, IBM OS/2, Microsoft-Linux, Novell Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-07
- Sun and Canonical to distribute Java with Ubuntu Linux
- Sun and Canonical to distribute Java with Ubuntu LinuxGood news from Sun.Although some other distributions already have a great support for Java and Java tools.I must mention Novell OpenSuSE that also includes Eclipse as standard and even supplies up-dates on the official repositories.Regards,PedroOr perhaps - Good news FOR SunThere's nothing...
- Tags: Programming languages, Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Canonical, Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-04-19
- T'ubuntu or not t'ubuntu: Ellisonix (or should that be Oraclix) to be based on Ubuntu?
- Just before the weekend, Network World's Jennifer Mears connected a bunch of dots that make it seem like it isn't a question of if, but rather, just when Oracle announces that it will offer a soup-to-nuts stack of software that not only includes the Linux operating systems, but one that...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Linux
- Blog posts 2006-10-24
- Canonical seeks profit from free Ubuntu
- Canonical seeks profit from free UbuntuSo.....for eg: Dapper is quality....So who's going to pay for support?The better the product, the less money they make?Dodgy business model.Good luck to them anyway.Joeubuntu provides BOTH INNOVATION and QUALITYfor eg: Dapper is quality - stable (except for the glitch in the update that disabled...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Shuttleworth, Ubuntu, Linux, Linspire, Canonical
- Discussion threads 2006-10-06
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