Ubuntu's plan to merge the desktop computer and mobile device is taking shape today in form of the Edge, which it's aiming to bring to market in May of next year for $830 outright. True to Canonical's ...

Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu operating system, has been working on its ‘convergence’ strategy for quite some time. The idea is to run the same code-base across devices, including desktops, ...

On the surface a two-month delay in Red Hat's release of Global Desktop Linux is no big deal. (Picture of a Dell laptop running Ubuntu from Indiecom.) The aim of the project is not just to deliver an ...

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In what amounts to a declaration of, "The king is dead, long live the king!," Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth believes Linux has finally dethroned Windows as the world's most dominant operating ...

Canonical Ltd. has finally admitted defeat in its long-running quest to deliver a converged Ubuntu Linux experience that runs on both desktops and smartphones. For more than six years, Canonical, ...

Ubuntu's first truly enterprise-ready server OS offers support for virtualization, enhanced performance, and certification on an assortment of Sun hardware With its release today of its Ubuntu 8.04 ...

Ubuntu 9.10 is the best desktop Linux yet. The eleventh Ubuntu in 10 years, it reflects the value in the evolutionary path chosen by Canonical under Mark Shuttleworth: regular, incremental upgrades, ...

Apple's iPad was hardly the first tablet to appear on the scene, but it is unquestionably responsible for the recent spike in tablet development. Now it looks as if Ubuntu — the Linux distro everybody ...