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Canonical founder wants mass adoption of Ubuntu, Linux

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:06:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351466717_ubuntuscreenshotthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth, called out users of Linux that believe that using the operating system is "supposed to be hard." A blog

Canonical to release Ubuntu for Tablets preview on 21st

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:13:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1361297630_canonicalubuntufortabletsthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Ubuntu for Tablets follows on from

Ubuntu Phone preview set to arrive for Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:57:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1357790364_ubuntumobileosin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Ubuntu Phone operating system for smartphones. The initial release

Valve launches Steam Client on Ubuntu, discounts first games

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:54:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/valvebigpicture.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Initially announced in July 2012, the internal project has now opened up the store on...]]>

First Ubuntu mobile OS-powered smartphones due October

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:26:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1357160300_ScreenShot2013-01-02at1.57.26PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />hit the market in October, reports the Wall Street Journal. Developers will gain access to the beta versions of the operating system as early as late this month, with a...]]>

Eyes on with an Ubuntu-powered Galaxy Nexus

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:59:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1357790364_ubuntumobileosin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />that was announced at the start of the year. It was running on a GSM-version of the Galaxy Nexus, and was certainly impressive when viewed from a close distance. The graphics loo...]]>

Touch-based Ubuntu OS for phones announced

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:56:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1357160300_ScreenShot2013-01-02at1.57.26PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />was hinted yesterday, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth announced today the pending release of a new, touch-enabled version of Ubuntu targeted at smartphones. Ubuntu for phones brings its own gesture-driven interfa...]]>

Ubuntu teases touch-based OS

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:21:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1212/ubuntu-touch-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Ubuntu homepage is teasing a countdown to what hints at a touch-based version of its Linux variant. The banner on the site reads, �So close, you can almost touch it,� setting the stage for a major announcement, or possible reveal, of the next iteration of the popular ...]]>

Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu now up for pre-order

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:42:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1211/dell-ubuntu-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />long anticipated XPS 13 ultrabook with Ubuntu is finally on sale. First announced in late July, it is the first premium ultrabook to feature Linux pre-installed instead of Windows. The XPS 1...]]>

EFF: new Ubuntu Linux release suffers from 'data leak'

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:59:00 GMT

<img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351634939_shuttleworth-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Electronic Frontier Foundation calls a "data leak" and a privacy violation. Unless settings are altered, every time a search is performed ...]]>