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"Canonical has announced a new product called Ubuntu for Android that will bring the popular Linux distribution to high-end Android smartphones. The product consists of a complete Ubuntu desktop experience that is intended to be installed on the device alongside the standard Android environment."

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"Jane Silber is on a mission to get the Ubuntu Linux distribution onto mobile devices and TVs, rather than be stuck on desktop PCs. The CEO of Canonical (which makes Ubuntu) took over from the previous CEO, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth, in March 2010, but has been with the company since shortly after its 2004 founding."

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"But at mobile application developer Big Nerd Ranch, President Aaron Hillegass has seen mobile Linux efforts before and stressed the need for a viable ecosystem. "It isn't enough for Canonical to announce that it is making the OS available -- what makes the [Apple] iOS platform so compelling is the entire ecosystem: the OS, the devices, the iTunes store, iCloud, and the iTunes application. When that ecosystem exists for Ubuntu, we will be developing apps for it and offering the relevant training and consulting to our clients.""

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"LINUX VENDOR Canonical has said that Ubuntu 11.10 will be the first to support both x86 and ARM architectures. Canonical's popular Ubuntu Linux distribution will get its second update of 2011 this month for both desktop and server editions. However it is the server edition that Canonical has made the biggest changes to by supporting ARM processors."

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"Canonical has launched a new web site, developer.ubuntu.com, aimed at both new and experienced developers making their first steps with Linux development. The Ubuntu Developer site promotes the strengths and ease-of-use of Quickly, Canonical's development framework."

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"For now, however, there’s some additional good news for the Thunderbird team. Canonical has released the second alpha of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot, and one of the most significant changes is to its default applications. After a lengthy tenure as Ubuntu’s pre-installed email client, Evolution has been booted — replaced by Mozilla’s blue, avian postman."

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"OK, it’s not too surprising that Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company, has switched to OpenStack for its Ubuntu cloud foundation technology. After all, Canonical started flirting with OpenStack back in February. What is surprising is that Neil Levine, who as Canonical’s VP of corporate services, which included the cloud, has jumped ship to start a new company, Soba Labs."

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"The Ubuntu project announces today that future versions of Ubuntu Cloud will use OpenStack as a foundation technology. The Ubuntu project is gathered in Budapest, Hungary to discuss future development plans that will culminate in the October release of Ubuntu 11.10. This announcement will move OpenStack to being a core part of the Ubuntu Cloud product, which enables users to build an open source cloud."

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"Only a few weeks after Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s biggest change ever-the release of the Unity-based Ubuntu 11.04 Linux–the company’s CTO, Matt Zimmerman is leaving the company."

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"Canonical has announced the official release of Ubuntu 11.04, codenamed Natty Narwhal. This major update introduces the new Unity desktop shell, which is designed to improve ease of use and deliver a more modern user experience."

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"German insurers LVM Versicherung are bringing Ubuntu to their desktops: all field staff and the majority of workplaces at the company's headquarters in Münster now use the Ubuntu Desktop 10.04.2 LTS operating system on their laptops and desktop computers, LVM divisional director Wim Bollen told The H's associates at heise Open."

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"Canonical, which makes Ubuntu, will convert 10,000 PCs to use Ubuntu Linux across the entire company. Included in the project is the conversion of 3,000 desktop and laptop computers in LVM's Muenster HQ with a further 7,000 in the company's agencies around Germany."

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"Canonical has nixed Ubuntu Netbook Remix from it's plans, and it will not appear starting version 11.04, which is also Natty Narwhal. So we say goodbye to an experiment that lasted a few distros at the time netbooks were the "in-thing.""

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"Based on a Celeron M low-power processor running at 1.3GHz and with 250GB of storage for movies and music, the Navisurfer is an impressive device in its own right - but the addition of a GPS receiver and 3G HSDPA mobile broadband modem make it feel like something from Knight Rider. Using the mobile broadband connection and the GPS receiver, it's possible to browse the Internet while in your car, download traffic updates for the in-built navigation software, and even access services such as Google Maps and Facebook Places without needing a separate device."

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"Available on the Ubuntu site, the catalog builds on the work already done by the Ubuntu project to list certified machines across the range of active releases of Ubuntu. More than 1300 certified components from 161 manufacturers are now listed by brand and by category, making the catalog the largest list of Linux-compatible components available, Canonical says."

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"The money behind the world's slickest Linux distribution has to come from somewhere, and increasingly that's Canonical's online platform: Ubuntu One. But what's in it for you?"

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"Future versions of Ubuntu will include the cross-platform Qt interface libraries and could come preloaded with Qt applications based on the framework, according to Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and the Ubuntu Project."

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"The device's screen reportedly is a 10.1-inch capacitive unit with a webcam built into the bezel. And two USB ports as well as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI out, and a Micro SD card reader will be standard on the device, which will also feature space for an optional 3G module and a built-in keyboard with cover."

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"Google and the Ubuntu project have today released the Ubuntu Font Family to the world through the Google Font Directory.  Through the magic of the Google Font API any web designer can now pick Ubuntu from the Google Font Directory and bring the beauty and legibility of the Ubuntu fonts to their web properties."

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"In October 2010 in Orlando, Florida, many Ubuntu contributors, upstreams and interested organizations joined us at the Ubuntu Developer Summit to plan the new release, Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. This page summarizes many of the outcomes of the event, and for each track there is a link to further detailed notes. Please note: these are proceedings and plans, and some of these things may not get completed as planned for whatever reason. As such, please read this list as a set of goals, and not a promise of what Ubuntu 11.04 will include."

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