Chris Kenyon, the VP of sales and business development for Canonical, just spoke this afternoon at the Ubuntu 12.10 Developer Summit about what Canonical does with OEMs and ODMs. He also tossed out some rather interesting numbers about the adoption of Ubuntu Linux.

Canonical has unveiled a beta version of AWSOME (Any Web Service Over ME), an open source proxy service that helps users who currently use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to migrate to OpenStack’s cloud computing platform. AWSOME will be included as an install option in the server edition of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS which is scheduled to [...]

Linux fans are excited about Ubuntu’s forthcoming long-term service desktop release, Ubuntu 12.04. That’s all well and good. After all Canonical, Ubuntu’s parent company hopes 20-million of you will buy Ubuntu PCs in the coming twelve months. But, Ubuntu also wants to be your Linux of choice for your cloud and data center.

Canonical – some testers and industry watchers alike have praised the company’s innovative Unity desktop shell and the Heads Up Display (HUD) bolted on top of it in this month’s release of Ubuntu 12.04, the Precise Pangolin. But that praise is not universal. Others have criticized Canonical’s drastic changes for further fracturing the thread that [...]

Kicking off this May, the Ubuntu Cloud Summit is a one day event for both technology and business people interested in what cloud computing can do for their organisations.

Ubuntu developer Canonical is offering a new Micro servers provisioning and management tool named Metal as a Service (MaaS). The new tool aims to provide easier access and management to bulky Ubuntu Micro servers. Canonical plans to launch the tool along with second Ubuntu 12.04 beta.

Red Hat has cast doubt on Canonical’s claim that Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distribution on Amazon’s EC2 service by saying it uses “selective” data.

Ubuntu 12.04 Beta, in today’s updates ‘System Settings’ window adds a new item called ‘Management Service’. It’s Canonial Landscape, an easy-to-use systems management and monitoring service. Manage multiple Ubuntu machines as easily as one and lower your management and administration costs.

Two years ago in March of 2010, Mark Shuttleworth stepped down as CEO of Canonical Ubuntu Linux. Shuttleworth moved aside to deal with the strategic technical issues of the project and his Chief Operating Office Jane Silber stepped up to become the CEO.

LINUX VENDOR Canonical believes that Microsoft’s Windows XP, not Windows 8, could drive adoption of its Ubuntu Linux operating system.

Commercial Linux distributor Canonical has released its third annual survey of the Ubuntu Server installed base to show what is going on out there among the Shuttleworth faithful. The survey comes just as Canonical is getting ready to put its next big server release into the field in April.

This remix simplifies the process of customising Ubuntu for corporate needs. Most businesses deploying Ubuntu on corporate desktops perform a similar set of tasks; removing consumer-focused applications like games, and installing corporate-focused software such as thin client apps.

Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix isn’t too different from the stock Ubuntu, but it just dumps a bunch of packages not commonly used in the corporate/enterprise world (social networking clients, games, etc) while drops in more business-oriented packages (OpenJDK, Adobe Flash, Canonical Landscape, etc), including VMware View.

Leading open source software and services provider, Obsidian, is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its relationship with Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu operating system, by joining its Ubuntu Advantage Reseller partner network.

David Mandala of Canonical talked last week at Linux.Conf.Au 2012 about the history of Ubuntu Linux supporting the ARM architecture, what’s coming up for Ubuntu ARM in the 12.04 LTS release, and even what’s expected from Ubuntu on ARM as far out as 2015.

“The strategy is to move Ubuntu beyond the PC space where we traditionally have been working,” Peter Goodall, Product Manager for Product Strategy at Canonical told InternetNews.com. “So we’re adapting Ubuntu to multiple devices.”

The Ubuntu One team has announced the launch of a new mobile app for iOS devices including the Apple iPhone. With the Ubuntu One Files app, users can access and manage their files, including music and photos, stored on Canonical’s Ubuntu One (U1) cloud storage platform.

While there is only a small amount of information available at this time, Canonical will have a presence at CES, and will be showing a “concept device” there. We’ve been reporting on Canonical’s plans to take Ubuntu to new devices. Could this concept be the first firm step in that direction?

Canonical and Dell are teaming up to sell computers with Ubuntu preinstalled at stores in China. The program, which could help improve the mainstream visibility of the Linux-based operating system, will span 220 retail locations.

Canonical today announced it would be extending the support and maintenance period for its upcoming Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu for desktop users from three years to five years. The move comes in response to increasing demand for Ubuntu desktops in corporate environments where longer maintenance periods are the norm.

Sources close to Canonical and IBM are telling me that Ubuntu may soon be certified on IBM’s System p mini-computers and blades and System z mainframes.

So, is MeeGo dead? In its current form, yes, I think it is. But, then there is Canonical. Canonical’s efforts in mobile have had far worse failures than MeeGo, however they are the undisputed champion of desktop Linux today.

If you are an Ubuntu user, however, there is the option of using Ubuntu One which until yesterday gave you 2GB of free storage matching that offered by Dropbox. But Canonical is celebrating reaching 1 million users on the service and so has decided to update the name and storage limits on offer.

Linux vendor Canonical is going head-to-head with Microsoft and Red Hat in the enterprise market with its Ubuntu Linux distribution

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, the open source operating system has launched itself into the channel with its Ubuntu Advantage (UA) partner programme, designed to help resellers bring a new set of support services for Ubuntu installations direct to businesses, writes Linda Endersby.

Canonical has announced that it will be changing its commercial certification programme in order to make it simpler for consumers to understand.

Just like Microsoft with Windows 8, Canonical is pushing forward with ensuring ARM-compatibility for future versions of Ubuntu. In order to do that it needs a proper build environment and hardware to allow contributors to submit and build the 20,000+ packages that make up the Linux distribution.

Matt Zimmerman, chief technology officer at commercial Linux distributor Canonical, is stepping down.

Ubuntu Maryland Leader Chuck Frain is stepping down as the leader of the group which he founded. In a blog post he has given reasons behind his decision and they raise some serious questions. He said that Ubuntu has changed from a community driven project to a company controlled product.

Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical, Ubuntu’s parent company, who wrote, “We made some mistakes in our handling of the discussion around revenue share with the Banshee team.”