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Canonical
10 January 2014

Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment

Article Desktop

UK government security arm CESG has published a report of its assessment on the security of all ‘End User Device’ operating systems. Its assessment compared 11 desktop and mobile operating systems across 12 categories including: VPN, disk encryption, and authentication. These criteria are roughly equivalent to a...

Canonical
10 January 2014


Canonical
17 December 2013

Ubuntu Desktop: a proven, leading-edge, low-cost OS perfect for education

Article Desktop

Ubuntu is becoming more and more popular in the education sector globally. Every day millions of students conduct research, produce assignments, correspond with each other and their teaching staff, and do many other things using the Ubuntu desktop. Why do governments, universities, schools and learners choose Ubuntu?

Canonical
17 December 2013


Canonical
11 December 2013

Ubuntu and HP: a successful team in the education sector

Article Desktop

Ubuntu and Hewlett-Packard have shipped over one and a half million laptops directly into education. These were bought by both individuals, and institutions. In India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh the government knows that investing in laptops and making them readily available to students is a powerful way to help...

Canonical
11 December 2013


Canonical
4 December 2013

Ubuntu helps millions of Indian students to learn

Case study Desktop

Ubuntu and its hardware partners like HP are at the forefront of supplying computers to Indian students. Government in India understands that IT literacy will help drive the already fast-growing Indian economy into the sustainably profitable knowledge-based sectors vital for its future.  To enable this transformation...

Canonical
4 December 2013


Canonical
26 November 2013

Asus and Ubuntu deliver affordable world-class laptops to USA Education

Article Desktop

A quiet revolution is taking place in the global education sector: more and more institutions and students are discovering the value of the Ubuntu operating system. In the USA, Ubuntu partner ASUS has added to its long line of Ubuntu laptops.  The X201E and 1015E  are high-quality, affordable Ubuntu laptops, perfect for...

Canonical
26 November 2013


Canonical
17 October 2013

Latest Ubuntu 13.10 includes first step to mobile / PC convergence

News Desktop

13.10 desktop gains Smart Scopes and performance improvements from mobile and desktop convergence effort, paving the way for full converge across all devices. 13.10 includes the first true mobile release of Ubuntu, enabling OEMs, carriers and silicon vendors to integrate Ubuntu for mobile devices in 2014. 13.10 supports...

Canonical
17 October 2013


Canonical
17 September 2013

HP releases Ubuntu loaded machines in 1,500 stores in China

News Desktop

Ubuntu’s retail presence has grown again as HP brings a range of laptops pre-installed with a Chinese-centric version of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to over 1,500 of its stores across all major cities in China. Consumers in China will now be able to purchase HP laptops running Ubuntu directly from stores, where they will also find

Canonical
17 September 2013


Victor Tuson Palau
26 July 2013

Ubuntu Edge: convergence in action

Videos Desktop

To help make the Ubuntu Edge a reality, visit http://igg.me/at/ubuntuedge

Victor Tuson Palau
26 July 2013


Canonical
24 July 2013

Bodega Aurrera stores shipping HP PCs with Ubuntu preinstalled

News Desktop

Good news for Ubuntu users in Mexico! Walmart-owned Bodega Aurrera has teamed up with HP and is now selling PCs preloaded with Ubuntu across Mexico. Consumers can now get their hands on the PCs and notebooks in-store or through the Bodega Aurrera website at http://www.bodegaurrera.com.mx/. The HP Pavillion PCs preloaded...

Canonical
24 July 2013


Hardik Dalwadi
3 July 2013

Technical guide for HP laptops

Article Desktop

Modifying any technical settings puts your data at risk, so we strongly recommend you contact an HP service centre for guidance (call +91 9696 153 153 or email upic_hpsupport@hp.com). If you must make changes yourself, please read this guide carefully beforehand. It answers the following common questions: How do I...

Hardik Dalwadi
3 July 2013


Canonical
20 May 2013

Ubuntu 13.04 brings dramatic graphical performance enhancements

News Desktop

Ubuntu 13.04 includes the Developer Preview SDK for developers to build native applications for Ubuntu devices.

Canonical
20 May 2013


Canonical
21 March 2013

Canonical and Chinese standards body announce Ubuntu collaboration

News Desktop

CSIP defines a new reference architecture for standard operating systems in China CSIP, Canonical and NUDT from the CCN Open Source Innovation Joint Lab to further that standard CCN Joint Lab will produce Ubuntu Kylin, with first release expected in conjunction with Ubuntu 13.04 in April 2013. London and Beijing, 21...

Canonical
21 March 2013


Canonical
21 January 2013

Ubuntu at the heart of Obama for America success

Article Cloud and server

Harper Reed, CTO for the Obama For America presidential campaign talks to Canonical

Canonical
21 January 2013


Canonical
7 January 2013

What are the management factors in planning a migration from Windows to Ubuntu?

News Desktop

Best of our webinars – (From the Ubuntu: The Desktop of the Future webinar @ 29.25 min) ANSWER Large scale migrations from Windows to Linux desktop can be done well. But some very ambitious projects to move to an open source desktop have run aground because the complexity has been too great for the organisation to manage

Canonical
7 January 2013