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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Ubuntu and founder Mark Shuttleworth win new awards

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 Debian Derivative Distribution award was judged by a 200-member international jury from industry and the Open Source community. This is a significant award as it recognises the effort that the Ubuntu team have put into working with Debian in order to produce an easy to use desktop environment, suitable for everyone.

This award follows on from several other prestigious awards that Ubuntu has won since the launch of the latest release, 5.10 in October this year.

The award for Outstanding Contribution to Linux / Open Source was given to Mark Shuttleworth in recognition of his commitment to the development and acceptability of Free and Open Source Software. With projects such as the Shuttleworth Foundation, the Go Open Source campaign, and the establishment of Canonical to provide commercial support for Ubuntu, Mark has shown that Open Source can be a change for the better in all areas of PC usage, in developed and developing countries, and, in particular, schools and colleges across the world.

Mark thanked everyone involved, in particular the Debian community, and added “This is the tipping point for Software Libre – we are starting to see Linux on the desktop become a reality not just for high end power users, but for the rest of the family too. The hard work of hundreds of thousands of anonymous contributors has reached critical mass, our momentum is now unstoppable. It's a great privilege to be part of this quiet revolution.”

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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Ubuntu certified for IBM's DB2

London 9th November 2005 : 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 the stringent process whereby IBM ensures that DB2 Universal Database for Linux operates in the Ubuntu environment. By working closely together, IBM and Ubuntu have shown that DB2 UDB and Ubuntu deliver a stable environment in which to run business applications using DB2 as the chosen database.

The combination of this certification and the recently announced server edition of Ubuntu opens up new opportunities for users and developers to access the power of DB2 UDB on Ubuntu. Enterprises of all sizes can now leverage the strengths of DB2 UDB and the security, stability and ease of use of Ubuntu.

Ubuntu engineers worked directly with IBM DB2 Lab Software engineers to do compatibility testing under the DB2 for Linux Validation program. The "Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux" mark ensures that IBM will fully support businesses who choose to run DB2 UDB on Ubuntu, an essential offering for mission critical databases and applications.

This certification is the first major one of its type awarded to Ubuntu, and Mark Shuttleworth, founder and sponsor of Ubuntu is enthusiastic about the future. “Being Ready for DB2 UDB is a real step up for Ubuntu, and the whole project is moving into new and exciting areas. Our release last month included a server edition, which provides the perfect foundation for major database environments.” In addition to the core Ubuntu system, the Ubuntu family includes the KDE-based Kubuntu and the education focused Edubuntu.

The certification will be attractive to Ubuntu's growing Partnership members as well. “With an respected product like DB2 on Ubuntu, our partners will relish the chance to discuss database and solution choices with their clients “ commented Malcolm Yates, Alliances and Partner manager at Canonical Ltd.

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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Ubuntu wins Linux Journal Reader's Choice Award

London 18th 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 readers of the Linux Journal who have chosen Ubuntu as their favourite.

In the November edition of the Linux Journal, Ubuntu beat the more established distributions in this year's Reader's Choice awards.

In the Linux Journal review, Steve Hastings wrote that “Ubuntu Linux is an excellent choice for anyone who wants to run Linux on a desktop system. It's easy to install and to administer. Everyone from beginners to experts can use and appreciate it. And it's free “

Canonical Ltd is again extremely proud that within a year of launching Ubuntu, it is the favourite Linux for so many people. Combining stability with the latest versions of desktops and applications, Ubuntu continues to grow its user base by being the most flexible and most appealing Linux environment for both end users and servers.

The Linux Journal Readers' Choice award is the latest in a line of awards that Ubuntu has won recently, including the UK Linux & Open Source Awards 2005, Tux magazine Reader's Choice 2005 for Favourite Linux Distribution, and Ars Technica's best distribution award.

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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Ubuntu 5.10 Released

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 three architectures.

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default, every other package you can imagine available from the network, a commitment to security updates for 18 months after each release and professional technical support from many companies around the world.

To Get Ubuntu 5.10

Please download using Bittorrent if possible. You can find a list of download locations here.

To receive a complimentary copy of the Official Breezy Badger CD -- or a handful of them to give to your friends, your school or LUG -- place your request in our ShipIt facility.

About Ubuntu 5.10

With this release, the Ubuntu family grows in several significant directions:

  • Edubuntu: A partner distribution based on Ubuntu that is specially focused on the needs of schools. Developed in partnership with the K12-LTSP community, this is a great base distro for people working with FLOSS in schools.

  • Ubuntu for Servers: This is a CD installer specifically optimised for server installation. Download this image if you will be setting up servers running Ubuntu.

Major new features in Ubuntu 5.10

  • Thin Client Integration: Ubuntu is the first distribution in the world to include deeply-integrated thin client technology. This allows you to deploy Ubuntu in large scale networked environments or, for example, in classrooms, with a lightweight Ubuntu image booting over the network. All Ubuntu management tools work for the thin client image as well as for the server.
  • OEM Installer Support This release of Ubuntu has special support for OEM hardware vendors. Ubuntu can be pre-installed and tested without configuring end user information. The user will be asked to complete that configuration (name, timezone and password) upon first startup.
  • Launchpad Integration Launchpad.net is the new infrastructure that Ubuntu and its derivatives use for translation, bug tracking, sharing code patches, fixes and technical support. Users of Ubuntu 5.10 can make technical support requests for any package in Ubuntu, and can help to translate their software, directly from the built-in Help menu in every desktop application.

    • To see it all, you'll need to try the CD, but the highlights of Ubuntu itself include:

    On the Desktop

    • GNOME 2.12.1
    • OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta 2
    • X.org 6.8.2 with wider hardware support
    • An enhanced tool for easily installing new applications (see "Add Applications" on the Applications menu)
    • A new tool which makes it easy to install support for multiple languages (Language Selector)
    • Editable GNOME menus
    • Applications are now linked into the Launchpad infrastructure (new entries on the Help menus for translation and support)
    • Support for writing audio CDs (Serpentine)
    • Graphical startup process with progress bar (USplash)
    • New documentation (Ubuntu 5.10 Quick Tour and Ubuntu 5.10 FAQ Guide)
    • Language packs with updates from the Rosetta translation platform, part of Launchpad.net, which makes contributing translations easy for everybody in any language.

    On the Server

    • Kernel support for cluster filesystems (OCFS2 and GFS)
    • Plone 2.1 & Zope 2.8.1
    • PHP5
    • Support for automatic storage allocation into LVM volumes
    • Built-in thin client functionality produced in cooperation with the LTSP project
    • Simple NFS root setup with automatic hardware detection through initramfs-tools
    • Support for up to 4 gigabytes of RAM by default on 32-bit architectures

    Hardware Support Improvements

    • Linux 2.6.12.6 with many updated drivers from third parties
    • Further enhancements to laptop support (hot keys, and working suspend/resume on more models)
    • HP all-in-one printer/scanner devices are supported out of the box
    • Bluetooth input devices (such as keyboards and mice) are supported out of the box
    • Multiple audio devices are handled more gracefully (and one can easily select the default device)
    • 64-bit PowerPC kernel available

    Installation

    • A new OEM mode to simplify the process of preinstalling Ubuntu on computers for resale or redistribution
    • Automatically makes existing hard drive partitions available to the desktop
    • Simple "dual boot" configuration with automatic resizing of an existing installed OS
    • The second stage of the installation now has a progress bar

    "Under the hood"

    • GCC 4.0.1
    • glibc 2.3.5
    • New early userspace infrastructure based on initramfs-tools
    • More modular X.org packaging
    • Python 2.4.2

    As always, Ubuntu includes the very best of the 100% free/libre application software world, and each new release incorporates countless new features and bugfixes from the global development community.

    Feedback and Helping

    If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate. Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help ensure that our next release is the best release of Ubuntu ever. Please report bugs through Launchpad.

    If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, first try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on Freenode, on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums.

    More Information

    You can find out more about Ubuntu on our website, IRC channel and wiki. If you're new to Ubuntu, please visit www.ubuntu.com. To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's very low volume announcement list.

    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    Ubuntu wins Best Distribution Award

    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 short list.

    Ubuntu was also nominated in the embedded/mobile solution category (with HP for the custom Ubuntu/HP work) and the corporate contribution category.

    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    Shuttleworth invests in ImpiLinux

    Cape Town - 28.09.2005 - Mark Shuttleworth, together with ImpiLinux and various other investors have announced the successful conclusion of an agreement to combine forces in the South African and SADEC Linux market. The next version of Impi will be based on Ubuntu, and Shuttleworth will make a substantial investment in the new company.

    The result will be a distribution of Linux, still called “ImpiLinux”, that draws on the robust and innovative underlying technologies prevalent in Ubuntu and the localised features and functionality prevalent in ImpiLinux. Impi will be a truly South African variant of the popular Ubuntu platform, which has in the past year become one of the world's most popular desktop Linux operating systems. Ubuntu itself will continue to remain freely available on the global market, while Impi will offer additional commercial functionality not available in Ubuntu, as well as strong localisation for the South African marketplace. Impi will initially be available in English, Xhosa and Afrikaans, with the potential for translation into additional South African languages on the basis of customer demand.

    Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and the Ubuntu Linux project comments: “The Impi team are justifiably proud of their pioneering reputation in the South African Linux market. This additional financial backing, additional development resources through a combined development approach with Ubuntu, and a relationship with the global company Canonical, puts Impi in a very strong position to offer a world class product for the South African desktop Linux market” he says.

    Gary Fortuin, current ImpiLinux shareholder, will take-up the role of company MD in the new entity, which will be named `ImpiLinux (Pty) Ltd'. Gary brings years of experience in the local IT industry, having worked with both Microsoft and the ImpiLinux project.

    The majority shareholding in the new venture will be held by Shuttleworth's HBD Business Holdings, with an additional shareholding from Khuselo Investments (Pty)Ltd. Khuselo Investments will be jointly represented by Pumla Radebe, Johannesburg City Parks Chairperson, and Eddie Funde, current chairman of the SABC. In addition, 20% of the shares in the new entity have been earmarked for BEE, in the form of a trust that will disburse shares to previously disadvantaged employees over time.

    Fortuin says one of the biggest differentiators will be the Impi development team's local perspective and closeness to its customer base. “Because we are a South African organisation, communication between customers and ourselves takes place far faster than with any internationally staffed support offering and should a face to face meeting be required, this can be facilitated at far less cost and hassle,” comments Fortuin.

    “Also, as a local company we can make a strong commitment to Black Economic Empowerment. In terms of the localised features the new distribution will boast, Fortuin says the development team will start by working closely with South Africa's major broadband providers to build native support for their access devices and solutions into the operating system. “We will also be enhancing the local language support prevalent in Impi to ensure that Impi provides ICT access to South Africans in their home language, helping to preserve and strengthen South African cultural heritage while providing the country with a technology platform for the 21st century” Fortuin says.

    “Other features will take the form of customising the environment to best suit the local user, through making the look and feel more visually appealing and more South African in flavour,” he says. “In addition, we will ensure that Impi can support global standard formats such as Adobe PDF, DVD discs, and MP3 music files. Impi could potentially even run Windows applications, with commercial extensions that provide for greater desktop compatibility between Windows and Linux.”

    “Going forward, Impi will tailor its solution to the needs of the South African market, thereby taking the fantastic innovation made possible by Ubuntu into the enterprise space. We maintain committed to keeping local funds local, channelling all revenue into improving the ImpiLinux solution, increasing its sustainability and driving adoption of Linux and OSS in the local market. While these are bold commitments and aspirations, we believe they are more than possible,” adds Fortuin.

    “This venture adds previously unseen depth to the local ICT market. The new team has the skills and the technology to create a Linux distribution that meets all the critical needs of corporates and government departments.” Shuttleworth concludes.

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    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    5.10 (Breezy Badger) Preview Release

    The Ubuntu Team is proud to announce the Preview Release of Ubuntu 5.10 - codenamed "Breezy Badger". The Preview Release includes both Install CDs and bootable Live CDs for three architectures.

    Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default, every other package you can imagine available from the network, a commitment to security updates for 18 months after each release and professional technical support from many companies around the world.
    To Get Ubuntu 5.10 Preview --------------------------
    Download Ubuntu 5.10 Preview here (choose the mirror closest to you):
    United States: http://us.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/5.10/
    Europe: http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/5.10/
    United Kingdom: http://releases.ubuntu.com/5.10/
    Rest of the World: http://releases.ubuntu.com/5.10/
    Please download using Bittorrent if possible.
    The final version of Ubuntu 5.10 is expected to be released in October. At that time, we will mail pressed CDs free of charge. To receive a complimentary copy of the Official Breezy Badger CD -- or a handful of them to give to your friends, your school or LUG -- place your request at the URL below. Remember that these CDs won't ship until after the final release in October.
    http://shipit.ubuntu.com/
    About Ubuntu 5.10 Preview -------------------------
    To see it all, you'll need to try the CD, but the highlights include:
    On the Desktop
    * GNOME 2.12 -- Very fresh... Released yesterday!! * OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta 2 * X.org 6.8.2 with wider hardware support * An enhanced tool for easily installing new applications (see "Add/Remove Programs" in the System Administration menu) * A new tool which makes it easy to install support for multiple languages (Language Selector) * Editable GNOME menus * Applications are now linked into the Launchpad infrastructure (new entries on the Help menus for translation and support) * Support for writing audio CDs (Serpentine) * Graphical boot process with progress bar (USplash)
    On the Server
    * PHP5 * Support for installing directly onto LVM volumes * Built-in thin client functionality produced in cooperation with the LTSP project (http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinClientHowto) * Simple NFS root setup with automatic hardware detection through initramfs-tools * Support for up to 4 gigabytes of RAM by default on 32-bit architectures * Kernel support for cluster filesystems (OCFS2 and GFS)
    Hardware Support Improvements
    * Linux 2.6.12.5 with many updated drivers from third parties * Further enhancements to laptop support (hot keys, and working suspend/resume on more models) * HP all-in-one printer/scanner devices are supported out of the box * Bluetooth input devices (such as keyboards and mice) are supported out of the box * Multiple audio devices are handled more gracefully (and one can easily select the default device) * 64-bit PowerPC kernel available
    Installation
    * A new OEM mode to simplify the process of preinstalling Ubuntu on computers for resale or redistribution * Automatically makes existing hard drive partitions available to the desktop * Simple "dual boot" configuration with automatic resizing of an existing installed OS * The second stage of the installation now has a progress bar
    "Under the hood"
    * GCC 4.0.1 * glibc 2.3.5 * New early userspace infrastructure based on initramfs-tools * More modular X.org packaging
    As always, Ubuntu includes the very best of the 100% FREE / LIBRE application software world, and each new release incorporates countless new features and bugfixes from the global development community.
    Feedback and Helping --------------------
    If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at
    http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/
    Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help turn this Preview into the best release of Ubuntu ever. Please report bugs through Bugzilla:
    http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/
    If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, first try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on FreeNode, on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums:
    http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users http://www.ubuntuforums.org/
    More Information ----------------
    You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this preview release on our website, IRC channel and wiki. If you're new to Ubuntu, please visit:
    http://www.ubuntu.com/
    To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's very low volume announcement list at:
    http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce
    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    Ubuntu wins TUX award

    Ubuntu and Kubuntu have been awarded the TUX Magazine Readers Choice Award for 2005.

    TUX Magazine is aimed at the new Linux user, and currently has over 50,000 registered readers. Firefox and OpenOffice.org also won in their categories, of which there were 14 in total.

    "We were amazed by both the quantity and quality of the choices that were available for TUX's inaugural Readers' Choice Awards," commented Carlie Fairchild, SSC Publications' VP of Marketing and Sales. "Not only are the most popular applications getting ever more, but many new entrants keep arriving to push the market forward by leaps and bounds. It's clear that desktop Linux has arrived."

    See the press release from TUX Magazine here.

    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    New Ubuntu Foundation Announced

    Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical Ltd, founders of the popular Ubuntu Linux-based operating system, have today announced the creation of The Ubuntu Foundation with an initial funding commitment of US$10m.

    The Ubuntu Foundation will employ core Ubuntu community members to ensure that Ubuntu (www.ubuntu.com) will remain fully supported for an extended period of time, and continue to produce new releases of the distribution. As a first step, the Foundation announces that Ubuntu version 6.04, due for release in April 2006, will be supported for three years on the desktop and five years on the server.

    The Foundation was established on July 1st 2005 with an initial funding commitment of US$10 million, to ensure the continuity of the Ubuntu project and create a legal vehicle that represents the community structures of the project.

    "It's important for us to distinguish the philanthropic and non-commercial work that is at the heart of the Ubuntu project, from the commercial support and certification programs that are the focus of Canonical Ltd." said Mark Shuttleworth, who is founder of the project and is making the initial $10m commitment to the Foundation. "The core team members employed by the Ubuntu Foundation will ensure that we can meet public commitments to keep Ubuntu entirely free of charge, as well as meeting commitments of support for extended periods. I'm very excited at the progress that has been made in bringing free software to the global marketplace, and pleased to continue my support for the project in this way."

    Ubuntu has quickly become a leading distribution in the free software world, taking the #1 place in DistroWatch popularity rankings over all timescales which are published. The distribution focuses on usability, security and stability on desktops and servers, and on making free software widely available for individuals and organisations who are ready to switch from proprietary platforms, such as Microsoft Windows.

    Ubuntu has also become the basis of many other derivative distributions, particularly those backed by govenments for widespread deployment. The government of Andalucia, Spain recently announced that its own version of Linux would be based on Ubuntu, and deployed in all educational operations.

    Longer Server Support Cycle

    One driving factor behind the creation of the Foundation was the need to ensure that an Ubuntu release can be deployed on servers, which demand much slower release and upgrade cycles. "In order to support the use of free software on database and other servers, we will be offering security support for the Ubuntu base and major server components for a full five years", said Matt Zimmerman, CTO of the Ubuntu project.

    As Ubuntu and free software in general become more mainstream, it has become costly for companies and large organisations to keep track of the rapid pace of development. In the desktop environment the problem is more manageable, and steady improvements in the usability of desktop office and productivity applications have been welcomed. In the datacenter, however, where Linux and free software are considered mature, deployments have a preference for fewer releases with long lifecycles. Ubuntu version 6.04, to be released in April 2006, will be aimed at meeting those requirements with a full five year commitment to provide security and other critical updates for servers. This also meets the needs of OEM distribution providers and ISVs, who have expressed strong interest in supporting free software environments but who prefer to be able to plan for releases and support them for longer periods of time.

    The extended service support for Ubuntu version 6.04 will remain free of charge, under the same terms as the support currently provided to every release of Ubuntu. The extended service support program will only apply to designated releases of Ubuntu. Other releases, which will still be made on the current six-month cycle, will continue to receive the current commitment of 18 months free security and critical updates support.

    Keeping Free Software Free

    A primary goal of the Ubuntu Foundation is to ensure that a high quality distribution of free and open source software is available free of charge, throughout the world. "Free software is produced by expert volunteers who make their time and work freely available - our goal is to ensure that anybody in the world can make the best use of that work, at no charge." said Benjamin Mako Hill, Ubuntu Community Relations. Both Canonical and the Ubuntu Foundation have made public commitments that Ubuntu will always be freely available, without the need for royalties or licence payments of any kind. "We include only free and unencumbered applications, ensuring that users have the ability to share and modify their software."

    Continued Support From Canonical Ltd.

    The establishment of the Ubuntu Foundation enhances the commercial commitment already made to the Ubuntu project by Canonical, Ltd. "Demand for the commercial services offered by Canonical to users of Ubuntu continues to grow. We welcome the very large number of companies that have announced support for Ubuntu both regionally and globally, and expect to continue to create additional partnership, certification and support programs in coming months," stated Jane Silber, head of marketing at Canonical.

    The extended life support program for Ubuntu version 6.04 is in line with Canonical's efforts to broaden the OEM base for Ubuntu. "The distribution has been selected by several hardware manufacturers for sale with PCs and laptops, and the availability of a long term supported release of Ubuntu that's independent of the commercial success of Canonical meets the needs of specific manufacturers in the hardware marketplace", continued Silber.

    The Ubuntu Community Council will act as the advisory board of the Foundation. Current members of that Council are Benjamin Mako Hill, Colin Watson, James Troup and Mark Shuttleworth (Chairman).

    Contact

    The Ubuntu Foundation
    Benjamin Mako Hill
    +1 206-409-7191
    mako@ubuntu.com
    Canonical Ltd.
    Jane Silber
    +44 20 7052 9843
    jane.silber@canonical.com
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    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    EU rejects Software Patents

    The European Parliament has voted against a bill that would have allowed the patenting of software by 648 votes to 14.

    This result is good news for Free Software projects like Ubuntu, although patent law that explicitly excluded software idea patents would have been better. Read more at BBC, Forbes or FFII.
    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    Ubuntu 5.04 Released!

    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 the server that includes all of Debian as well as most of the packages of apt-get.org, with a fast and easy install, regular releases (every six months), a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default and a commitment to security updates with 18 months of security and technical support for every release.

    Download a free copy here ,or if you want a shrinkwrapped CD we will gladly ship it to you at no cost. To receive a complimentary copy of the Hoary Hedgehog CD -- or a handful to give to your friends, your school or LUG, place your request at ShipIt.

    Although Ubuntu includes more packages than any other Linux distribution, only a single CD is required for installation. Everything else can be selected and installed on demand from the network. Only the core "main" set of packages receives a guaranteed level of security review and updates.

    Ubuntu gives you a distribution that is:

    • absolutely committed to free software, every application on the CD is free software
    • 100% free of charge, and the Ubuntu team is committed to keeping it that way
    • complete with security updates for the distribution at no charge for at least 18 months after every release
    • easily upgradable to the latest desktop and kernel and infrastructure every six months
    • able to run on machines with x86, AMD64 and PowerPC processors, with additional ports to IA64, SPARC and HPPA under way in the community

    Hoary Hedgehog (5.04) Features

    Simple and fast Installation
    Ubuntu comes on one single CD, with thousands of extra packages available online. The install is optimised for speed and simplicity. Ubuntu has excellent support for laptops (both x86 based and Powerbook / iBook PPC based), and can also be setup in a minimalist server configuration. It's a text based installer for maximum compatibility and speed, we think it's the fastest Linux install around.
    Live CD's for Intel x86, AMD64 and PPC
    Ubuntu is the first distribution to offer Live CDs for all three architectures simultaneously. The new Live CD is easy to modify and update for custom Live CDs with your personal selection of packages.
    GNOME 2.10.1
    Ubuntu always includes the very latest stable GNOME and KDE. In Hoary we have GNOME 2.10.1, which features better performance and significant theme polish. You might also be interested in Kubuntu (**), the new community driven KDE-based Ubuntu, that is being released today.
    Firefox 1.0.2
    Ubuntu provides the Wall Street Journal's favourite open source browser, tightly integrated into the GNOME desktop environment.
    First class productivity software
    Evolution 2.2.1.1 and OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 are just two.
    X.org 6.8.2
    X autodetection and laptop screen detection have had considerable updates based on community participation. The binary drivers from ATI and Nvidia are available and can be installed easily, though the system will use open source drivers by default.

    The complete release notes can be found here.

    Further information

    For more information, you can turn to any of the following resources:

    Ubuntu Website:
    The website contains some basic background on Ubuntu, an overview of the project, information on how to get it, and some documentation for the software.
    Ubuntu Wiki:
    The wiki is a shared web space used by the Ubuntu community to develop new ideas for Ubuntu. Anybody is welcome to edit and add to the wiki.
    Ubuntu Mailing Lists:
    Ubuntu mailing lists are the heart of our community. In addition to the announcement list, and lists for users and developers of Ubuntu, there are now Ubuntu mailing lists for the Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian and Israeli communities as well as lists devoted to Ubuntu security, news, translation, and the inevitable lighthearted chitchat. To get more information or to subscribe, visit lists.ubuntu.com
    Ubuntu Forums
    The forums provide a web interface to the Ubuntu mailing lists that many people find easier in addition to the providing a large number of unique web-only forums. The Ubuntu Forums won an Ars Technica award for the best free software community in 2004. Please visit ubuntuforums.org
    Ubuntu IRC Channel: #ubuntu and on irc.freenode.net
    The Ubuntu IRC channel is your best place to start for help and discussion about Ubuntu and the Warty Warthog release. We aim to keep the signal-to-noise ratio as high as possible on that channel, and on all community forums.

    Thanks to the team of professional and volunteer maintainers who have worked so hard to bring The Hoary Hedgehog Release to fruition, and to members of the Ubuntu community, who have provided bug reports, documentation and translations.

    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    Ubuntu at CeBIT 2005

    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, meet some of the developers and get your own Ubuntu on CD.

    More information on CeBIT is on the "CeBIT homepage":http://www.cebit.com.
    While Ubuntu does not have a booth at CeBIT, credative GmbH has kindly offered to reserve a portion of their booth for showcasing Ubuntu. For that will be going, you can stop by the booth for credativ GmbH in Pavilion 6, Booth J44. More details are at the "credativ website":http://www.credativ.de.
    Many thanks go to cedativ for all their support of Ubuntu and for helping to promote it at CeBIT.
    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    Guadalinex To Derive From Ubuntu

    Guadalinex is a Debian based GNU/Linux distribution promoted by the government of Andalusia (Spain). It's used in schools, public libraries, centers for elderly people and special info centers on over 100,000 PCs. Recently, Guadalinex announced that the next version would be based on Ubuntu. A translations of their justification is included below.

    Some links of interest include:
    * "Guadlinex Homepage":http://www.guadalinex.org/ (Spanish)
    * "Announcement about Ubuntu and Guadalinex":http://www.guadalinex.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=119 (Spanish)
    * "Justification for deriving from Ubuntu":http://www.guadalinex.org/guadapedia/index.php/Ubuntu (Spanish)
    An unofficial translation of the justification follows:
    Guadalinex's Justification for Using Ubuntu
    A GNU/Linux distribution is a means to an end for a public administration. A distribution is a tool that must meet a set of requirements; some of those requirements will be generic, some specific to the intended audience (e.g., geographic and functional). The efforts of the administration should focus on those areas in which deficiencies are detected; those resources should not be applied to reimplement existing and good solutions. One of the virtues of free software is the potential for reuse and to benefit from that reuse it is necessary to focus a considerable mass of users around a set of common options. This ensures that any effort expended on that common core will benefit a large number of people and, conversely, that the effort to guarantee the quality of that work is distributed among the largest possible number of organizations and people. Ubuntu, therefore, is a GNU/Linux distribution worth considering in the evolution of public administration's GNU/Linux distributions. Specifically: * Ubuntu is 100% free. Although being sponsored mainly by a company, that company, Canonical Limited, publicly promises that Ubuntu will always be 100% free and open to the Ubuntu community. * Ubuntu is Debian based. * Ubuntu is released by a large team of developers employed by Canonical (currently 38 employees) and significant number of volunteers from the community.
    * Ubuntu has earned a high degree of acceptance from the free software community. * Ubuntu provides a complete desktop system. * Ubuntu contains one of the most advanced and up-to-date hardware detection and configuration systems. * Ubuntu is oriented to support languages from around the world and to facilitate translation into those languages. * Ubuntu has been created from the outset to facilitate the production of derivative distributions (e.g., Canonical is sponsoring tools to aid collaboration between distributions in Launchpad, Ubuntu's toolset for development, maintainence, and translation). * Ubuntu has established collaborative agreements with GNOME and other upstream developers. * Ubuntu is integrated into Debian's debugging machinery and other upstream developers. * Ubuntu has a clearly defined release cycle, which includes - A release every 6 months, - The first test version after 6 weeks, - A test version every 2 weeks, - A preview version a month before the release, and - A release candidate version a week before the release. * Ubuntu offers 18 months of critical and security updates for every release. * Ubuntu is working towards complete LSB 2.0 compliance. Following from these facts, we ask ourselves:
    Should Ubuntu be used as the base for next release of our distribution? To answer that question, we recently held a meeting with Canonical's representatives (directors and technicians). From the conversation we identified the following advantages: * A large part of the work needed to stabilize the distribution will be done by Ubuntu. * We will share a bigger group of users for our distribution base so the error detection essential to the distribution debugging would be faster and deeper. Our own error debugging could be integrated into Ubuntu's bugtracker (Malone). Also, the hardware detection software would benefit from a large and geographically distributed user base. * The use of Ubuntu could be a reversible decision because Ubuntu derives from Debian and, if needed, we could revert to Debian by picking up all the stabilization tasks. It should not break the update stream for users. * We will get security updates for a 18 month period following the release. The current use of a snapshot from the Debian unstable version (Sid) or testing version (Sarge) means that we don't get those updates unless we produce them ourselves. * We will belong to a large pressure group worldwide over the hardware vendors so they free drivers or specifications. This would be in addition to other efforts that are made to ensure hardware compatibility. * We could integrate our own people or other contracted people, funds or projects from the public administration into the Ubuntu development process. * Ubuntu decides the path to follow and sets their priorities while taking into account user feedback and community desires. Public administrations, with their thousands of users will have a significant voice and vote within the Ubuntu decision process, independent from the additions they (the public administration) decide to include to their base distribution. * Canonical is able to sign a collaboration agreement with the public administrations which would establish the previous commitments regarding the freedom, periodic releases and support terms. This agreement would be formal and in written form. * Ubuntu could serve as the nucleus for larger and more ambitious initiatives (than the simple distribution derivation) based on free software. Disadvantages * Ubuntu does not include or support all software that our distribution includes at the moment. We will need to integrate the extra applications required into Ubuntu and support their use separately. In any event, the use of Ubuntu means an overall reduction of the work load from our current situation. * It is not possible to integrate Componentized Linux with Ubuntu and retain the benefits of one of those approaches, much less the advantages of both. The main goal of Componentized Linux is to ease the distribution of effort when stabilizing a distribution; that advantage would lose its value because the stabilization will come mainly from the Ubuntu team. Another Componentized Linux advantage is their adhesion to the LSB 2.0 standard; Ubuntu also compliance as a short/medium term goal. Canonical: What is its business model? Canonical believes that in the near future, GNU/Linux users that are currently spread among a plethora of distributions will be concentrated around 2 or 3 main distributions. They declare that their purpose is to make Ubuntu one of them and, if possible, the best one. Their main source of financial revenues are support and services; they want to be the Ubuntu reference company, but they don't aim to provide all Ubuntu services worldwide. They don't have and don't aim to have branchs or franchises; they seek agreements with local companies (particularly outside the spoken English world) that provide services for Ubuntu with Canonical as a backup. Conclusions The Ubuntu characteristics discussed above, together with Canonical's willingness to sign a collaboration agreement with public administrations, guarantee Ubuntu's freedom and ensure its viability as an option independent from any contractual relationship with Canonical. Technically we think it's advisable that our 2005 version derive from the next Ubuntu version (5.04), which will be released in April 2005. (Translation by Carlos PerellĂł MarĂ­n)
    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    Ubuntu Wins three ArsTechnica.com awards!

    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 three awards from ArsTechnica.com:

    • Best Community of the year
    • Distribution of the year
    • Best newcomer to the community

    From the article: "We didn't have many surprises. Ubuntu Linux had a huge turnout owing to its raging popularity on the desktop. It is like Debian, but unlike the Debian Project, Canonical appears to actually get things done. The distribution is targeted squarely at the desktop without all the political red tape in which the Debian Project seems to have wrapped itself."

    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    Rosetta has been released

    The Rosetta Translation Portal team is pleased to announce that the portal is now ready for widespread use. Rosetta's goal is to make the process of translating free software as easy as possible for both translators and software maintainers. Maintainers can send us PO Templates and PO Files, which will be published through the web for translation. PO Files can then be downloaded at any time.

    Rosetta is part of the "Ubuntu Launchpad":https://launchpad.ubuntu.com .
    For more information about the Rosetta announcement, translated into some local languages, visit the "wiki":http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/RosettaReleaseAnnouncement .
    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Tuesday, February 07, 2006

    The Ubuntu shop is open!

    The Ubuntu shop has opened on Cafepress. Thank you, Ofer Weisglass and Aaron Waite (aka volvoguy) for your contributions to making it happen.

    The Ubuntu project receives only a small percentage on these sales which will be used to top up the bounty fund, so your support is very welcome.
    Happy shopping at at The Ubuntu shop for Ubuntu-branded merchandise. The more merchandise we sell from our shop, the more the bounty fund is topped up, so please spread the word to your mates!
    Governing the usage of the Ubuntu logo, we have a Trademark policy.

    Ubuntu creative designs

    In the new year, we will run a T-shirt competition as well as a website design competition, so get creative! We'll announce further details soon.
    We will upgrade to a Premium shop in due course, where we can showcase all Ubuntu community designs.
    posted at 02:56 AM. tags: .

    Friday, January 06, 2006

    Ubuntu and founder Mark Shuttleworth win new awards

    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 Debian Derivative Distribution award was judged by a 200-member international jury from industry and the Open Source community. This is a significant award as it recognises the effort that the Ubuntu team have put into working with Debian in order to produce an easy to use desktop environment, suitable for everyone.

    This award follows on from several other prestigious awards that Ubuntu has won since the launch of the latest release, 5.10 in October this year.

    The award for Outstanding Contribution to Linux / Open Source was given to Mark Shuttleworth in recognition of his commitment to the development and acceptability of Free and Open Source Software. With projects such as the Shuttleworth Foundation, the Go Open Source campaign, and the establishment of Canonical to provide commercial support for Ubuntu, Mark has shown that Open Source can be a change for the better in all areas of PC usage, in developed and developing countries, and, in particular, schools and colleges across the world.

    Mark thanked everyone involved, in particular the Debian community, and added “This is the tipping point for Software Libre – we are starting to see Linux on the desktop become a reality not just for high end power users, but for the rest of the family too. The hard work of hundreds of thousands of anonymous contributors has reached critical mass, our momentum is now unstoppable. It's a great privilege to be part of this quiet revolution.”

    posted at 04:28 PM. tags: .

    Friday, January 06, 2006

    Ubuntu certified for IBM's DB2

    London 9th November 2005 : 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 the stringent process whereby IBM ensures that DB2 Universal Database for Linux operates in the Ubuntu environment. By working closely together, IBM and Ubuntu have shown that DB2 UDB and Ubuntu deliver a stable environment in which to run business applications using DB2 as the chosen database.

    The combination of this certification and the recently announced server edition of Ubuntu opens up new opportunities for users and developers to access the power of DB2 UDB on Ubuntu. Enterprises of all sizes can now leverage the strengths of DB2 UDB and the security, stability and ease of use of Ubuntu.

    Ubuntu engineers worked directly with IBM DB2 Lab Software engineers to do compatibility testing under the DB2 for Linux Validation program. The "Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux" mark ensures that IBM will fully support businesses who choose to run DB2 UDB on Ubuntu, an essential offering for mission critical databases and applications.

    This certification is the first major one of its type awarded to Ubuntu, and Mark Shuttleworth, founder and sponsor of Ubuntu is enthusiastic about the future. “Being Ready for DB2 UDB is a real step up for Ubuntu, and the whole project is moving into new and exciting areas. Our release last month included a server edition, which provides the perfect foundation for major database environments.” In addition to the core Ubuntu system, the Ubuntu family includes the KDE-based Kubuntu and the education focused Edubuntu.

    The certification will be attractive to Ubuntu's growing Partnership members as well. “With an respected product like DB2 on Ubuntu, our partners will relish the chance to discuss database and solution choices with their clients “ commented Malcolm Yates, Alliances and Partner manager at Canonical Ltd.

    posted at 04:28 PM. tags: .

    Friday, January 06, 2006

    Ubuntu wins Linux Journal Reader's Choice Award

    London 18th 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 readers of the Linux Journal who have chosen Ubuntu as their favourite.

    In the November edition of the Linux Journal, Ubuntu beat the more established distributions in this year's Reader's Choice awards.

    In the Linux Journal review, Steve Hastings wrote that “Ubuntu Linux is an excellent choice for anyone who wants to run Linux on a desktop system. It's easy to install and to administer. Everyone from beginners to experts can use and appreciate it. And it's free “

    Canonical Ltd is again extremely proud that within a year of launching Ubuntu, it is the favourite Linux for so many people. Combining stability with the latest versions of desktops and applications, Ubuntu continues to grow its user base by being the most flexible and most appealing Linux environment for both end users and servers.

    The Linux Journal Readers' Choice award is the latest in a line of awards that Ubuntu has won recently, including the UK Linux & Open Source Awards 2005, Tux magazine Reader's Choice 2005 for Favourite Linux Distribution, and Ars Technica's best distribution award.

    posted at 04:28 PM. tags: .

    Friday, January 06, 2006

    Ubuntu 5.10 Released

    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 three architectures.

    Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default, every other package you can imagine available from the network, a commitment to security updates for 18 months after each release and professional technical support from many companies around the world.

    To Get Ubuntu 5.10

    Please download using Bittorrent if possible. You can find a list of download locations here.

    To receive a complimentary copy of the Official Breezy Badger CD -- or a handful of them to give to your friends, your school or LUG -- place your request in our ShipIt facility.

    About Ubuntu 5.10

    With this release, the Ubuntu family grows in several significant directions:

    • Edubuntu: A partner distribution based on Ubuntu that is specially focused on the needs of schools. Developed in partnership with the K12-LTSP community, this is a great base distro for people working with FLOSS in schools.

    • Ubuntu for Servers: This is a CD installer specifically optimised for server installation. Download this image if you will be setting up servers running Ubuntu.

    Major new features in Ubuntu 5.10

    • Thin Client Integration: Ubuntu is the first distribution in the world to include deeply-integrated thin client technology. This allows you to deploy Ubuntu in large scale networked environments or, for example, in classrooms, with a lightweight Ubuntu image booting over the network. All Ubuntu management tools work for the thin client image as well as for the server.
  • OEM Installer Support This release of Ubuntu has special support for OEM hardware vendors. Ubuntu can be pre-installed and tested without configuring end user information. The user will be asked to complete that configuration (name, timezone and password) upon first startup.
  • Launchpad Integration Launchpad.net is the new infrastructure that Ubuntu and its derivatives use for translation, bug tracking, sharing code patches, fixes and technical support. Users of Ubuntu 5.10 can make technical support requests for any package in Ubuntu, and can help to translate their software, directly from the built-in Help menu in every desktop application.

    • To see it all, you'll need to try the CD, but the highlights of Ubuntu itself include:

    On the Desktop

    • GNOME 2.12.1
    • OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta 2
    • X.org 6.8.2 with wider hardware support
    • An enhanced tool for easily installing new applications (see "Add Applications" on the Applications menu)
    • A new tool which makes it easy to install support for multiple languages (Language Selector)
    • Editable GNOME menus
    • Applications are now linked into the Launchpad infrastructure (new entries on the Help menus for translation and support)
    • Support for writing audio CDs (Serpentine)
    • Graphical startup process with progress bar (USplash)
    • New documentation (Ubuntu 5.10 Quick Tour and Ubuntu 5.10 FAQ Guide)
    • Language packs with updates from the Rosetta translation platform, part of Launchpad.net, which makes contributing translations easy for everybody in any language.

    On the Server

    • Kernel support for cluster filesystems (OCFS2 and GFS)
    • Plone 2.1 & Zope 2.8.1
    • PHP5
    • Support for automatic storage allocation into LVM volumes
    • Built-in thin client functionality produced in cooperation with the LTSP project
    • Simple NFS root setup with automatic hardware detection through initramfs-tools
    • Support for up to 4 gigabytes of RAM by default on 32-bit architectures

    Hardware Support Improvements

    • Linux 2.6.12.6 with many updated drivers from third parties
    • Further enhancements to laptop support (hot keys, and working suspend/resume on more models)
    • HP all-in-one printer/scanner devices are supported out of the box
    • Bluetooth input devices (such as keyboards and mice) are supported out of the box
    • Multiple audio devices are handled more gracefully (and one can easily select the default device)
    • 64-bit PowerPC kernel available

    Installation

    • A new OEM mode to simplify the process of preinstalling Ubuntu on computers for resale or redistribution
    • Automatically makes existing hard drive partitions available to the desktop
    • Simple "dual boot" configuration with automatic resizing of an existing installed OS
    • The second stage of the installation now has a progress bar

    "Under the hood"

    • GCC 4.0.1
    • glibc 2.3.5
    • New early userspace infrastructure based on initramfs-tools
    • More modular X.org packaging
    • Python 2.4.2

    As always, Ubuntu includes the very best of the 100% free/libre application software world, and each new release incorporates countless new features and bugfixes from the global development community.

    Feedback and Helping

    If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate. Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help ensure that our next release is the best release of Ubuntu ever. Please report bugs through Launchpad.

    If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren't sure, first try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on Freenode, on the Ubuntu Users mailing list, or on the Ubuntu forums.

    More Information

    You can find out more about Ubuntu on our website, IRC channel and wiki. If you're new to Ubuntu, please visit www.ubuntu.com. To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu's very low volume announcement list.

    posted at 04:28 PM. tags: .
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