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Red Hat to step up developer efforts
News CEO Jim Whitehurst pledges to boost open source vendor's efforts to drive developer activity, and says company is unfazed by desktop competition.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Red Hat Inc., Open-source Software, Ubuntu, software company, ISV, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, desktop, Open source
Rising above today's 'compromised' devices
Insight newsmaker Fundamental breakthroughs are needed to offer the ultimate reach and richness to users, says HP's vice president and CTO of personal systems.
Tags: Innovation, Notebooks and tablets, Product development and design, Operating systems, Battery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Smart Phone, Device
Ubuntu voted 'Linux distribution of the year'
News The Debian-based distribution has won its latest accolade from a Linux community site.
Tags: Linux, Linux desktop OS, Linux server OS
Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope released into the wild
News Version 9.04 of the Ubuntu Linux distribution has been released, promising functionality to let users test the deployment of their applications to the cloud.
Tags: Linux, Adobe Systems Inc., GNOME, Ubuntu, Jaunty Jackalope, X.org, Linux Kernel, Server, 3G, Ubuntu Linux
Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
News Higher return rates for Linux-based Netbooks do not necessarily reflect badly on the open source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical.
Tags: Linux, Notebooks and tablets, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubuntu, Amazon.com Inc., ASUS, Microsoft Windows XP, network, Microsoft Windows, marketing
Ubuntu to run on ARM-based Netbooks
News Canonical and the chip designer are to collaborate on a version of Ubuntu tailored to ARM's architecture, with a focus on low-cost subnotebooks.
Tags: Linux, Notebooks and tablets, Processors, Open source, ARM, Ubuntu, operating system, processor, Ubuntu Linux, desktop
Shuttleworth: Amazon will win cloud battle
News EC2 is the only strong contender to eventually emerge as the leading cloud platform because it has open-source implementations, according to the Canonical chief.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web 2.0, Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., British Telecommunications, Amazon.com Inc., Web 2.0, Amazon EC2, Savvis Communications
Canonical unveils developer edition of mobile Ubuntu Linux
News Ubuntu's commercial sponsor has released the first publicly available developer edition of the Linux distribution for mobile Internet devices.
Tags: Linux, Virtualization, Mobile, Ubuntu, Touch Screen, software, processor, Ubuntu Linux, Apple iPhone, Internet
Ubuntu gets Web-based file sync and sharing
News Beta-testing is under way for the Ubuntu One synchronization service for those running the Jaunty Jackalope version of the Linux software, aka Ubuntu 9.04.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Apple Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows, Linux, desktop
'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu springs into beta
News Version 9.04 of Canonical's popular Linux distribution is now into the final testing phase before its April launch.
Tags: Cloud computing, Open-source Software, Storage, Ubuntu, X.org, CD-burning, Beta, Cloud computing, Eucalyptus, Server
Sun CTO to form cloud security forum
News Wayne Horkan, Sun Microsystems' U.K. chief technology officer, plans to form a public and private sector organization to address cloud security issues.
Tags: Cloud computing, Network security, Security, Web Service, Sun Microsystems Inc., Cloud computing, Amazon.com Inc., compliance, data protection, data center
Freescale and ARM promise US$205 netbooks
News Freescale has unveiled an ARM-based, Ubuntu-toting netbook reference design, claiming it will bring cheap internet devices to the younger, more widget-centric generation.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Processors, ARM, Intel Corp., Ubuntu, processor, Microsoft Windows, power management, Internet, handset
Ubuntu version coming to mobile devices
News As expected, Canonical says a release of its Ubuntu Linux operating system called Ubuntu Netbook Remix is in the works for mobile Internet devices and mininotebooks.
Tags: Linux, Notebooks and tablets, Mobile, Mobile Device, Ubuntu, operating system, trade show, processor, mini-notebook, Mark Shuttleworth
Ubuntu Linux launched in Sydney
Program A six-month project involving 34 developers worldwide--including six in Australia--recently bore fruit with the preview of a new Linux distribution.
Tags: Open source
First release candidate of Firefox 3 arrives
News Firefox 3 RC1 boasts user-interface enhancements, as developers get one of their last opportunities to ensure add-on compatibility before next month's final release.
Tags: Web browsers, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Security, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, release candidate, Mozilla Firefox
