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Andalusia deploys 220,000 Ubuntu desktops in schools throughout the region

by Canonical on 13 March 2010

Summary The Andalusian Regional Government, Spain, wanted to improve access to IT in schools throughout the region. It asked IT services company...

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Open source industry veteran Matt Asay joins Canonical as chief operating officer

by Canonical on 5 February 2010

Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today that open source industry veteran Matt Asay has joined the company as chief operating...

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Canonical celebrates new UA: Landscape interface with Ubuntu Advantage free trial offer

by Canonical on 1 January 2010

New interface significantly eases feature deployment for systems management tool LONDON, 1 December 2010 — Canonical today announced a free trial to showcase...

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Canonical announces commercial services for its version control system, Bazaar

by Canonical on 10 December 2009

Set up, support and troubleshooting now available for new and existing deployments Companies and open source projects interested in using Canonical's popular...

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Ubuntu 9.10 desktop edition release

by Canonical on 26 October 2009

Integrates dozens of new features and improvements to take user experience to next level Canonical announced today the upcoming release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop...

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Canonical adds advanced Ubuntu service and support offering

by Canonical on 3 September 2009

Premium Service Engineer provides support for mission-critical and complex Ubuntu environments Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, announced...

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Canonical to offer Ubuntu Desktop support and services

by Canonical on 31 July 2009

New offerings to individuals and small businesses to ease transition to fastest growing Linux desktop Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu project,announced...

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Sandisk collaborates to improve SSDs on Ubuntu netbooks

by Canonical on 2 June 2009

Canonical announces detail of collaboration with SanDisk to better support Ubuntu Ubuntu sponsor and leading solid state drive manufacturer share expertise to...

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Canonical announces availability of Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition

by Canonical on 20 April 2009

Faster boot speed, enhanced application suite and more visual appeal — give users more reasons than ever to choose Ubuntu Canonical, the commercial sponsor of...

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Ubuntu 7.10 reaches end-of-life on April 18, 2009

by Canonical on 23 March 2009

Ubuntu announced the release of 7.10 almost 18 months ago, on October 18, 2007. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and...

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Canonical launches US-based shop.ubuntu.com in time for holiday season

by Canonical on 20 November 2008

Stock up on Ubuntu-branded merchandise and software Canonical launched today an U.S.-based on-line shop for Ubuntu-branded merchandise and software. With a...