Fans of Ubuntu, the version of Linux developed by start-up Canonical and its open-source allies, now have a name and a priority for the version due in October: Intrepid Ibex will be designed to make mobile computing better.
Canonical, the leading backer of the Ubuntu version of Linux, this week said it would hire a team to help make open source software on the desktop more appealing and easier to use.
The founder of the Ubuntu open-source operating system, Mark Shuttleworth, has called for Ubuntu developers to fix all software flaws found in the operating system, including, crucially, those in inherited source code.
The team behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution has unleashed plans for its October 2009 release, adding a new name with an Australian flavour to the company's alliteration menagerie: Ubuntu 9.10, "Karmic Koala".
On Thursday, Canonical plans to release "Gutsy Gibbon," the Ubuntu Linux version 7.10 that the company hopes will lay the foundation for a serious push into the server and other markets in six months.
Canonical will support Sun Microsystems' Niagara servers with the upcoming release of its Ubuntu Linux distribution, the companies are preparing to announce.
It's not easy building a new version of Linux and establishing a large following. But with the Ubuntu project, one team of programmers has managed to do just that.
Ubuntu is a well integrated, practical and absolutely free Linux distribution. There may be worries about support, but the Canonical organisation is building a good reputation and the head of steam in the wider Ubuntu community should provide decent local support from third parties, too.
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