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German Ubuntu box set announced

by Canonical on 26 May 2006

In an exclusive arrangement with Canonical Ltd. for the German-speaking market, Open Source Press GmbH, the Munich-based publishing company will release their...

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Announcing release candidate for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

by Canonical on 25 May 2006

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Releases Candidate of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu 6.06 LTS – codenamed “Dapper Drake”. The Release Candidate...

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Ubuntu certification announced

by Canonical on 4 April 2006

Linux Professional Institute and Canonical Announce Ubuntu Professional Certification The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world’s premier Linux...

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Ubuntu 4.10: end of support cycle

by Canonical on 29 March 2006

Matt Zimmerman, Ubuntu CTO writes: On October 20th, 2004, Ubuntu announced its first public release, version 4.10. This release was accompanied by a...

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Ubuntu wins three ArsTechnica.com awards!

by Canonical on 14 February 2006

Ubuntu won Best Community, Distribution and Best Newcomer in this year’s ArsTechnica Linux Awards. We are pleased to announce that Ubuntu has recently won...

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Ubuntu 5.04 released!

by Canonical on 14 February 2006

The Ubuntu Team is pleased to announce the second release of Ubuntu, codenamed “The Hoary Hedgehog Release”. Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for the desktop or...

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Ubuntu 5.10 released

by Canonical on 14 February 2006

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 5.10. This is the official Ubuntu 5.10 release, and includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for...

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Ubuntu certified for IBM’s DB2

by Canonical on 14 February 2006

Ubuntu is moving into Enterprise computing with IBM’s certification of Ubuntu as “Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux”. Ubuntu has successfully gone through...

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Ubuntu and founder Mark Shuttleworth win new awards

by Canonical on 14 February 2006

Ubuntu and its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, both won awards at the Linux New Media Awards at last week’s Linux World Expo in Frankfurt, Germany. The Best...

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Ubuntu at CeBIT 2005

by Canonical on 14 February 2006

Take the opportunity to test drive Ubuntu for yourself at the CeBIT exhibition from 10-16th March 2005 in Hannover, Germany. See the latest Ubuntu in action,...

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Ubuntu wins Best Distribution Award

by Canonical on 14 February 2006

At the UK Linux & Open Source Awards dinner held on October 5th Ubuntu was awarded the Reader Award for best distribution. Debian and Red Hat were also on the...

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Ubuntu wins Linux Journal Reader’s Choice Award

by Canonical on 18 October 2005

The popular Ubuntu operating system is moving from strength to strength, winning awards across the globe for the best Linux distribution. This time, it's the...