Ubuntu 9.10: The Koala has landed

Ubuntu 9.10 brings karma to the market

Ubuntu is a great operating system that almost nobody uses. That tells us much about the balance between technology and marketing [29 Oct 2009]

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Screenshots: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is released on 29 October. New additions include the Ubuntu One service, a new boot sequence, and the Ext4 filesystem by default. [28 Oct 2009]

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Windows 7 v Ubuntu 9.10: an illustrated guide

Is Windows 7 good enough to halt the move to desktop Linux in its tracks? We compare and contrast Microsoft's new OS with the latest version of Ubuntu. [26 Oct 2009]

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Ubuntu Karmic Koala gets release candidate

Version 9.10 of the popular Linux distribution, which has cloud functionality built in for enterprises and consumers, is almost ready for its final release next Thursday [23 Oct 2009]

Windows, OS X, Ubuntu: Maturity or stagnation?

Windows 7 is nothing new, but it is not alone — all desktop operating systems are looking in the wrong direction [22 Oct 2009]

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Shuttleworth: Amazon will win cloud battle

EC2 is the only strong contender to eventually emerge as the leading cloud platform because it has open-source implementations, according to the Canonical chief [05 Oct 2009]

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Ubuntu gets web-based file sync and sharing

Ubuntu One service lets people share files with others over the internet, with a choice of using client software or a web interface [15 May 2009]

Ubuntu cloud-computing components released

Ubuntu users can create their own Amazon-compatible clouds, as Canonical calls for open standards [24 Apr 2009]