News (29)

  • Canonical touts app launcher for 'netbooks'

    The founder of the Ubuntu project has given details of a new application launcher for a version of the operating system designed to run on the new generation of small laptops, such as the Asus Eee PC.

  • Ubuntu creator wants to squash 'upstream' bugs

    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.

  • OpenOffice may seek OOXML peace deal

    OpenOffice may support Microsoft's Office Open XML standard in future, but the organisation behind the open source productivity suite anticipates that everyone including Microsoft will have "difficulty" in making the format work.

  • Ubuntu Linux leader proposes six-week delay

    New versions of Ubuntu Linux have been released at a steady six-month cadence, but project founder Mark Shuttleworth is considering a six-week delay to improve the reliability of an important new version.

  • Ubuntu Linux backer tackles collaboration

    The company behind Ubuntu Linux is set to unveil ambitious plans to improve collaboration among the Linux community.

More News >

Features and Case Studies (2)

  • Ubuntu coming soon to Sun's Niagara

    Canonical will support Sun Microsystems' Niagara servers with the upcoming release of its Ubuntu Linux distribution, the companies are preparing to announce.

  • Ubuntu carves niche in Linux landscape

    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.

Reviews (1)

  • Ubuntu Linux 5.10

    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.

Create an e-mail alert for "canon"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
canon


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 1 5.10
  2. Popularity: 1 bazaar
  3. Popularity: 10 canonical
  4. Popularity: 1 ceo
  5. Popularity: 2 dell
  6. Popularity: 1 delta
  7. Popularity: 1 distributed
  8. Popularity: 2 enterprise
  9. Popularity: 1 fedora
  10. Popularity: 2 feisty fawn
  11. Popularity: 1 foss
  12. Popularity: 2 gnome
  13. Popularity: 3 gutsy gibbon
  14. Popularity: 1 hardware
  15. Popularity: 4 hardy heron
  16. Popularity: 1 intrepid ibex
  17. Popularity: 1 java
  18. Popularity: 2 jboss
  19. Popularity: 1 larry ellison
  20. Popularity: 23 linux
  21. Popularity: 2 mark
  22. Popularity: 6 mark shuttleworth
  23. Popularity: 4 microsoft
  24. Popularity: 1 mobile
  25. Popularity: 1 niagara
  26. Popularity: 5 novell
  27. Popularity: 1 open
  28. Popularity: 12 open source
  29. Popularity: 1 oracle
  30. Popularity: 2 patent
  31. Popularity: 1 pc
  32. Popularity: 7 red hat
  33. Popularity: 2 release
  34. Popularity: 3 server
  35. Popularity: 1 server software
  36. Popularity: 2 sharwood
  37. Popularity: 2 simon
  38. Popularity: 2 software
  39. Popularity: 1 source
  40. Popularity: 2 sun microsystems
  41. Popularity: 1 suse
  42. Popularity: 1 suse linux
  43. Popularity: 1 szulik
  44. Popularity: 1 tom krazit
  45. Popularity: 1 tool
  46. Popularity: 28 ubuntu
  47. Popularity: 1 user interface
  48. Popularity: 2 virtualisation
  49. Popularity: 1 virtualization
  50. Popularity: 1 windows

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue Welcome to National Censorship Day
    Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.
  • Array That sinking Tcard feeling
    There's something terribly unsettling about realising that the NSW Government is considering hiring a company to build a new electronic ticketing system which has already put it through the legal wringer for the system's predecessor.
  • Array The challenge of government 2.0
    The Government 2.0 Taskforce released its draft report last week, and its recommendations for Open Government almost reads like a manifesto. Stilgherrian's guest on Patch Monday this week is the chair of the Taskforce, Nicholas Gruen.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured