Friday, October 30, 2009

UBUNTU - New Feature ubuntu karmic koala (ubuntu 9.10)

Email and chat

Chat with friends and colleagues through Empathy which integrates: Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL, QQ and many more.

Evolution gives you email, an address book and a calendar and works well with colleagues and friends using MS Outlook.

Browse the Internet

Ubuntu includes Mozilla Firefox 3.5 for faster and safer browsing.

For a choice of other open-source web browsers visit the Software Centre and take your pick.

Photos

Upload from your camera or phone to F-Spot.

Manage, tag, share and sort your photos.

Upload easily to your favourite social network or photo-sharing sites inlcuding: Flickr, Facebook, Picassa and many others.

Music and videos

Plug in your PSP, iPod, MP3 player and use Rythmbox to download, store, buy and play music.

Share playlists with your friends.

Access Last.fm directly through Rythmbox to stream your favourite music.

Stream and play video from YouTube, BBC and others.

Office applications

Create professional documents, spreadsheets and presentations with OpenOffice.org 3.0.

OpenOffice.org is compatible with all office applications including Microsoft Office.

The big difference is that OpenOffice.org is free (and promises never to introduce Mr Clippy)

Play games

Over 400 completely free and completely cool games. Solitaire is not the only game in town.

Visit the Software Centre to easily browse, select and install games.

Store, sync and share

Integrated "Ubuntu One" technology gives you 2 GB of online storage for free.

Easily share files between your own and your friends' computers.

Upgrade at low cost for more storage if you need it.

Software Center

Instant access to thousands of free and open-source applications

Categories include: Education, Games, Sound and Video, Graphics, Programming and Office.

Simply select the applications you want to use and the Software Center will add them to your computer

No CDs, no licenses, no hassle.

Accessibility

At the core of the Ubuntu philosophy is the belief that computing is for everyone and whatever your circumstances. Ubuntu is one of the most accessible operating systems around and is fully translated into 23 languages with many more to follow.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

DEBIAN - Robotic Submarine Running Debian Wins International Competition

October 8th, 2009

This August, a team of 35 undergraduate students from Cornell University sank the competition at the 12th annual Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Competition, sponsored by the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and the Office of Naval Research. The competition takes place in a large acoustic testing pool operated by the US Navy SPAWAR Systems Center. It calls for entries to pass through a gate, follow a path, ram a submerged buoy, fire through a square target with small torpedoes, drop markers into bins containing simulated targets, recover a PVC target and surface through an octagon shape, all without human intervention. The Cornell Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team (CUAUV) took first place by completing the entire course at the competition, a feat not seen since MIT won in 2002. This was Cornell's first victory since 2003.

Cornell's vehicle, named “Nova”, runs a custom software stack on top of a single board computer running Linux and relies heavily on Debian. “Debian works amazingly well for us,” said Benjamin Seidenberg, CUAUV's new software team leader. “Not only do we use it on the vehicle, we also run it on the computers in our lab and our servers, and use it to develop our custom electronics.” Seidenberg, who also handles IT issues for the team, said that they consolidated on Debian three years ago. “When I joined the team, we had computers running Windows XP, Windows Server, Debian, Ubuntu, FreeBSD and Gentoo. Now we've settled on Debian for the sub and the servers; our lab workstations dual boot Debian and Windows. It's a lot easier to manage, and it's great to be able to develop in the same environment that the submarine runs.”

The team also uses other open source software on their vehicle such as OpenCV for image processing and libdc1394 for video capture. According to Arseney Romanenko, another member of the software team, these libraries are essential for doing vision processing in an embedded environment; they are fast and lightweight which translates into significant power savings.
About Debian

The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free, community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the largest and most influential open source projects. Over three thousand volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain the software included in Debian. Translated into over 30 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the “universal operating system”.
About CUAUV

The Cornell University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle team is a group of about 35 undergraduate students at Cornell University who design and build autonomous underwater vehicles for research purposes and to compete in the AUVSI Underwater Vehicle competition. More information, including information on sponsoring the team, is available at their website, www.cuauv.org.

DEBIAN - Debian pushes development of kFreeBSD port

October 7th, 2009

The Debian Release Team is pleased to announce that it sees the port of the Debian system to the FreeBSD kernel fit to be handled equal with the other release ports. The upcoming release codenamed 'Squeeze' is planned to be the first Debian distribution to be released with Linux and FreeBSD kernels.

The kFreeBSD architectures for the AMD64/Intel EM64T and i386 processor architectures are now release architectures. Severe bugs on these architectures will be considered release critical the same way as bugs on other architectures like armel or i386 are. If a particular package does not build or work properly on such an architecture this problem is considered release-critical.

Debian's main motivation for the inclusion of the FreeBSD kernel into the official release process is the opportunity to offer to its users a broader choice of kernels and also include a kernel that provides features such as jails, the OpenBSD Packet Filter and support for NDIS drivers in the mainline kernel with full support.

DEBIAN - First Debian Mini Conference to be held in Taiwan

September 23rd, 2009

The Debian Project, the team behind the free Debian Linux operating system, proudly announces the first Debian Mini Conference in Taiwan which takes place 26th-27th September at Technology Building, Taipei City, Taiwan(R.O.C.) during International Conference on Open Source(ICOS) 2009. The ICOS 2009 is organized by the Software Liberty Association of Taiwan (SLAT). Its aim is to bring international FLOSS projects and developers together, so that they can share experience, introduce projects and get in touch with local developers and users.

Participants from many Asian countries like China, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and overseas from Europe and Australia ranging from Debian users, to contributors and official Debian Developers will gather together to exchange knowledge and further improve Debian for their specific needs. Topics include a “peak behind the curtain of Debian's archive” by Debian's FTP Master, Jörg Jaspert; an “introduction to embedded development” using Embedded Debian by Hector Oron; as well as “Personal experience on ‘how to help Debian’” by Andrew Lee(李健秋). A Special topic of interest is Skolelinux / Debian Edu, a Debian pure blend optimising Debian for the usage in schools, for which Jonas Smedegaard presents the projects history while Holger Levsen details on how debian-edu has been widely used over the world.

More information is available at the organisation page.
About Debian

The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free, community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the largest and most influential open source projects. Over three thousand volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software. Translated into over 30 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the “universal operating system”.
About MiniDebConf

A MiniDebConf is a Debian Project's developer conference, which is smaller in the number of attendees compared to a full DebConf, which is held annually by the Debian project. It still features a full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, and thus a Mini-DebConf provides an opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to meet in person and work together closely. Just like its bigger counter part, the regular DebConf, Mini-DebConfs have taken place many times since 2000 in locations from all over the world: Europe, America, Asia and Australia continents.

DEBIAN - Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released

February 14th, 2009

The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed “Lenny”) after 22 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of twelve processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments. It also features compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.2 of the LSB.

Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of twelve architectures are supported: Sun SPARC (sparc), HP Alpha (alpha), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Intel IA-32 (i386), IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips, mipsel), ARM (arm, armel), IBM S/390 (s390), and AMD64 and Intel EM64T (amd64).

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 “Lenny” adds support for Marvell's Orion platform which is used in many storage devices. Supported storage devices include the QNAP Turbo Station series, HP Media Vault mv2120, and Buffalo Kurobox Pro. Additionally, “Lenny” now supports several Netbooks, in particular the Eee PC by Asus. “Lenny” also contains the build tools for Emdebian which allow Debian source packages to be cross-built and shrunk to suit embedded ARM systems.

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 “Lenny” includes the new ARM EABI port, “armel”. This new port provides a more efficient use of both modern and future ARM processors. As a result, the old ARM port (arm) has now been deprecated.

This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as the K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.22.2, the Xfce 4.4.2 desktop environment, LXDE 0.3.2.1, the GNUstep desktop 7.3, X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, GIMP 2.4.7, Iceweasel 3.0.6 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox), Icedove 2.0.0.19 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird), PostgreSQL 8.3.6, MySQL 5.0.51a, GNU Compiler Collection 4.3.2, Linux kernel version 2.6.26, Apache 2.2.9, Samba 3.2.5, Python 2.5.2 and 2.4.6, Perl 5.10.0, PHP 5.2.6, Asterisk 1.4.21.2, Emacs 22, Inkscape 0.46, Nagios 3.06, Xen Hypervisor 3.2.1 (dom0 as well as domU support), OpenJDK 6b11, and more than 23,000 other ready-to-use software packages (built from over 12,000 source packages).

With the integration of X.Org 7.3 the X server autoconfigures itself with most hardware. Newly introduced packages allow the full support of NTFS filesystems and the use of most multimedia keys out of the box. Support for Adobe® Flash® format files is available via the swfdec or Gnash plugins. Overall improvements for notebooks have been introduced, such as out of the box support of CPU frequency scaling. For leisure time several new games have been added, including puzzle games as well as first-person shooters. Also notable is the introduction of “goplay”, a graphical games browser offering filters, search, screenshots and descriptions for games in Debian.

The availability and updates of OpenJDK, GNU Java compiler, GNU Java bytecode interpreter, Classpath and other free versions of Sun's Java technology, into Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 allow us to ship Java-based applications in Debian's “main” repository.

Further improvements in system security include the installation of available security updates before the first reboot by the Debian Installer, the reduction of setuid root binaries and open ports in the standard installation, and the use of GCC hardening features in the builds of several security-critical packages. Various applications have specific improvements, too. PHP for example is now built with the Suhosin hardening patch.

For non-native English speaking users the package management systems now support translated package descriptions and will automatically show the description of a package in the native language of the user, if available.

Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. GNOME is the default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD. Other desktop environments — KDE, Xfce, or LXDE — can be installed through two new alternative CD images. Again available with Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 are multi-arch CDs and DVDs supporting installation of multiple architectures from a single disc; and this release adds Blu-ray Discs, allowing the archive for an entire architecture to be shipped on a single BD.

In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux can now also be directly used without prior installation. The special images used, known as live images, are available for CDs, USB sticks, and netboot setups. Initially, these are provided for the amd64 and i386 architectures only.

The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 has been improved in many ways: among many other improvements, support for installation from more than one CD or DVD has been restored, firmware required by some devices can be loaded by using removable media, and installations via Braille display are supported. The installer boot process has also received much attention: a graphical menu can be used to choose front-ends and desktop environments, and to select expert or rescue mode. The installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now been translated to 63 languages.

Debian GNU/Linux can be downloaded right now via bittorrent (the recommended way), jigdo or HTTP; see Debian GNU/Linux on CDs for further information. It will soon be available on DVD, CD-ROM and Blu-ray Disc from numerous vendors, too.

Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 from the previous release, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codenamed “Etch”) are automatically handled by the aptitude package management tool for most configurations, and to a certain degree also by the apt-get package management tool. As always, Debian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place, without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the release notes for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading. The release notes will be further improved and translated to additional languages in the weeks after the release.
Dedication

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 “Lenny” is dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a Debian Developer who died on December 26th, 2008 in a tragic car accident. Thiemo was involved in Debian in many ways. He has maintained several packages and was the main supporter of the Debian port to the MIPS architectures. He was also a member of our kernel team, as well as a member of the Debian Installer team. His contributions reached far beyond the Debian project. He also worked on the MIPS port of the Linux kernel, the MIPS emulation of qemu, and far too many smaller projects to be named here.

Thiemo's work, commitment, broad technical knowledge and ability to share this with others will be missed. Thiemo's contributions will not be forgotten. The high standards of his work make it hard to pick up.

DEBIAN - Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated

February 10th, 2009

The Debian project is pleased to announce the seventh update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename etch). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems.

Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away 4.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of date packages to be updated.

Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update.

New CD and DVD images containing updated packages and the regular installation media accompanied with the package archive respectively will be available soon at the regular locations.

Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors. A comprehensive list of mirrors is available at:
http://www.debian.org/mirror/list
Miscellaneous Bugfixes

This stable update adds several binary updates for various architectures to packages whose version was not synchronised across all architectures. It also adds a few important corrections to the following packages:Package Reason
crip Fix possible symlink vulnerability (CVE-2008-5376)
devscripts Fix insecure creation of temporary directories
fai-kernels Rebuilt against linux-2.6 update
glibc Change currency for Slovakia and Slovenia to Euro
glpi Replace domxml-php5-php5.php by a LGPL version
gnumeric Fix untrusted search path vulnerability (CVE-2009-0318)
linux-2.6.24 Fix several issues
linux-ftpd-ssl Fix cross-site request forgery (CVE-2008-4247)
muttprint Fix possible symlink vulnerability (CVE-2008-5368)
tagcoll Fix packaging bug
tkman Fix temporary file race (CVE-2008-5137)

Security Updates

This revision adds the following security updates to the stable release. The Security Team has already released an advisory for each of these updates:Advisory ID Package Correction(s)
DSA-1678 perl Privilege escalation
DSA-1685 uw-imap Multiple vulnerabilities
DSA-1686 no-ip Arbitrary code execution
DSA-1688 courier-authlib SQL injection
DSA-1689 proftpd-dfsg Cross-Site Request Forgery
DSA-1690 avahi Denial of service
DSA-1691 moodle Several vulnerabilities
DSA-1692 php-xajax Cross-site scripting
DSA-1693 phppgadmin Several vulnerabilities
DSA-1694 xterm Remote code execution
DSA-1695 ruby1.8, ruby1.9 Denial of service
DSA-1696 icedove Several vulnerabilities
DSA-1697 iceape Several vulnerabilities
DSA-1698 gforge SQL injection
DSA-1699 zaptel Privilege escalation
DSA-1700 lasso Validation bypass
DSA-1701 openssl, openssl097 Cryptographic weakness
DSA-1702 ntp Cryptographic weakness
DSA-1703 bind9 Cryptographic weakness
DSA-1704 xulrunner Several vulnerabilities
DSA-1705 netatalk Arbitrary code execution
DSA-1706 amarok Arbitrary code execution
DSA-1707 iceweasel Several vulnerabilities
DSA-1708 git-core Remote code execution
DSA-1709 shadow Possible privilege escalation
DSA-1710 ganglia-monitor-core Remote code execution
DSA-1715 moin Insufficient input sanitising


A complete list of all accepted and rejected packages together with rationale is on the preparation page for this revision:
http://release.debian.org/stable/4.0/4.0r7/
Removed packages

The following packages were removed due to circumstances beyond our control:Package Reason
tmsnc Security problems, protocol outdated

URLs

The complete lists of packages that have changed with this release:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/ChangeLog

The current stable distribution:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/

Proposed updates to the stable distribution:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/proposed-updates/

Stable distribution information (release notes, errata, etc.):
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/

Security announcements and information:
http://security.debian.org/

DEBIAN - Debian Project seeks Hardware Donations

February 8th, 2009

The Debian project is looking for sponsors for two new official services: snapshot and data archives. Both services utilize large amounts of data and therefore require a capable machine with a large disk array that provides 10 TB of disk space to start, with the ability to be easily extended. We'd like interested sponsors to contact hardware-donations@debian.org.

The Debian project is hoping for an independent storage array that can be extended or upgraded without having to reconfigure the hardware of the server attached to it. A disk shelf based SATA SAN seems ideal for this application. We envision needing to start with roughly 10 TB of storage to cover known archives. 12 x 1 TB SATA drives seems like an ideal compromise between price and capacity.

The snapshot archive is a wayback machine that allows access to old packages based on dates and version numbers. It will consist of all current and future packages the Debian archive provides. With roughly 3 to 4 GB of new packages each day, this service needs a large storage system to keep up. The current implementation already consumes 4 TB and provides a valuable service for the community.

The ability to install packages and view sourcecode from any given date in the past is very helpful for developers who try to fix regressions. Users frequently need an older version of the software in order to make a particular application run.

The data archive will contain huge packages that cannot be distributed through the regular archive due to their sheer size. The number of free large data packages, such as medical and statistical data sets, and also game data, is increasing and we ask for a new service to make them available to Debian users.

The Debian project plans redundant deployment in two separate geographical locations for which the Debian project is seeking sponsors as well. US-based hosting is not possible for legal reasons, since the snapshot archive also contains older releases, including the non-US tree, which contains packages which must not be distributed from within the USA. We envision being able to run both services on the same hardware, provided sufficient resources are available.

Hardware requirements for these services are not met by any available machines in the Debian project. The new hosts should consist of at least two recent CPUs and 32 GB RAM in addition to a storage backend that is easily extendable and comes with 12 x 1 TB disks combined via RAID. These machines should have remote out of band management included, offering full serial console access and remote power switch.

Sponsors will be mentioned prominently on Debian's web server and may be named on the service web pages as well.

The current implementation of the snapshot archive is at snapshot.debian.net.

UBUNTU - Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition puts the user at the heart of its new design

Integrates dozens of new features and improvements to take user experience to next level

LONDON, October 26, 2009: Canonical announced today the upcoming release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition, the latest version of the popular Linux desktop distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 will be available for free download on Thursday 29 October. Ubuntu 9.10 brings changes small and large that all have a common purpose - to make Ubuntu the most user-friendly operating system available. Ubuntu 9.10 features a redesigned, faster boot and login experience, a revamped audio framework, and improved 3G broadband connectivity, all of which contribute to a first-class user experience.

Furthermore, the innovative '100 Paper Cuts' initiative organised with the Ubuntu Community allowed users to nominate minor annoyances that impacted their enjoyment of the platform. So far over 50 fixes have been committed, removing minor irritants such as inconsistent naming or poorly organised application choices. Larger scale user experience improvements include a refreshed Ubuntu Software Center, giving users better and more easily understood information about the software they have available - bringing the world of open source applications closer to the user. These improvements, in combination, have a transformative effect on the user experience.

Ubuntu 9.10 also includes the integration of 'Ubuntu One' as a standard component of the desktop. Ubuntu One is an umbrella name for an exciting suite of online services, which were released in beta in May 2009. Ubuntu One provides an enhanced desktop experience, simplifies backup, synchronisation, and sharing of files with an expanded set of features including Tomboy Notes and contacts synchronisation.

Ubuntu 9.10 also welcomes a host of features that make it the best platform for developers, whether professional or casual. Developers interested in writing applications that run on Ubuntu now have a simplified toolset called 'Quickly' which makes it fun and easy by automating many of the mundane tasks involved in programming. Quickly also helps users 'package' the code and distribute it through the Ubuntu software repositories. Ubuntu developers will now find all code hosted in the Bazaar version control system, which is part of the fully open source Launchpad collaboration website. It's never been easier to develop on or for Ubuntu.

Netbook and smartbook users will be delighted by improvements to the Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix (UNR) interface which continues to raise the bar in delivering the easiest, most discoverable and most useful user experience on small form machines. Common with Ubuntu 9.10 for desktops, UNR will integrate the Empathy instant messaging program for text, voice, video, and file transfers which will make communication more enjoyable then ever.

“Ubuntu 9.10 gives users more reasons than ever to seriously consider Linux at a time when many are thinking again about their operating system options. We are delivering a platform for users interested in an easy-to-use, great-looking, web-friendly operating system," says Jane Silber, COO at Canonical. “A faster, more beautiful boot and login sequence, file and contact synchronisation through online services and great experiences on the most popular notebook, desktop and netbook models continue to drive Ubuntu into the mainstream of computing choices."
More Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition release highlights:

Faster, simplified, better-looking boot experience for most users

Audio revamp allowing improved sound control across multiple applications

Firefox 3.5: latest, fastest, most secure web browser yet from Mozilla
Useful links

Ubuntu Desktop Edition is entirely free of charge and can be downloaded from www.ubuntu.com as of Thursday 29 October

Ubuntu Netbook Remix is entirely free of charge and can be downloaded from www.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu One offers 2 GB storage for free, and 50 GB for $10 per month. See one.ubuntu.com

Canonical provides support products for desktop and notebook users priced from $55 per year. It can be purchased at www.ubuntu.com/support/services

The 100 Paper Cuts project can be found here (open ID required): https://launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts

The list of supported netbooks can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks

The new feature tour with screen shots can be found at http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/910features/

The list of supported languages in Ubuntu 9.10 can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations/ReleaseLanguages/9.10
About Canonical

Canonical provides engineering, online and professional services to Ubuntu partners and customers worldwide. As the company behind the Ubuntu project, Canonical is committed to the production and support of Ubuntu – an ever-popular and fast-growing open-source operating system. It aims to ensure that Ubuntu is available to every organisation and individual on servers, desktops, laptops and netbooks.

Canonical partners with computer hardware manufacturers to certify Ubuntu, provides migration, deployment, support and training services to businesses, and offers online services direct to end users. Canonical also builds and maintains collaborative, open-source development tools to ensure that organisations and individuals can participate fully in innovations within the open-source community. For more information, please visit www.canonical.com.

UBUNTU - Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition: cloud computing made real

Latest version of popular operating system allows businesses to build on proven Ubuntu server technology

LONDON, October 26, 2009: Canonical today announced the general availability of Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition for free download on Thursday 29 October. Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition introduces Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) as a fully supported technology. This is an open source cloud computing environment, based on the same Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) as Amazon EC2, that will allow businesses to start taking advantage of the possibilities of private clouds. Private clouds allow businesses to reap the benefits of flexible compute environments while avoiding the security, regulatory or policy restrictions inherent in pushing data onto a public cloud.

Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition will also be available on the Amazon EC2 environment as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from 29 October. Having the same images available on UEC or on Amazon's public cloud means that work done can be deployed in either environment which improves portability and flexibility for users.

Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) is powered by software from Eucalyptus Systems, and provides an open source software infrastructure for implementing on-premise cloud computing. UEC makes it extremely easy and fast for system administrators to set up, deploy and manage a cloud environment. Users familiar with elastic compute environments will be able to build similar infrastructure behind their firewall, avoiding any regulatory and security concerns that prevent many enterprises from taking advantage of cloud environments.

Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud is preparing a store capability that will provide users with easy access to ready-to-deploy appliances in the UEC environment. A first preview of this store is available in Ubuntu 9.10, together with a sample appliance. It will demonstrate the solution to software vendors and additional appliances will be added after the release.

"Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition puts Ubuntu users at a unique advantage of being able to quickly and simply deploy and manage cloud environments," says Matt Zimmerman, CTO of Canonical. "We strongly believe that businesses which are already embracing virtualized environments will take the next logical step to these self-service, super-efficient architectures and that Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud will be at the heart of that effort."

The core server product and kernel have also received significant attention in this release. MySQL 5.1 has been added. The directory stack and Single Sign On tools have been upgraded for improved directory integration. Django now ships as a fully supported framework enhancing web server options.

There have been numerous kernel improvements to better support both Xen (guest) and KVM (host and guest) virtualization, and to improve caching performance. Support for the USB 3.0 protocol has been included to support super speed transfer rates when devices become available. System management support has been extended through support for the WBEM (web-based enterprise management) protocols which open up support of Ubuntu environment to the most popular system management tools currently deployed in enterprises. Ubuntu's own systems management tool, Landscape, has added a dedicated server to its hosted version allowing deployments to be managed entirely within the firewall and will fully support Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition and Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.
Pricing and Availability

Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition is available for free download from www.ubuntu.com from Thursday 29 October

Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud is included as part of Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition

Landscape Server Management System is available at www.canonical.com/projects/landscape
About Canonical

Canonical provides engineering, online and professional services to Ubuntu partners and customers worldwide. As the company behind the Ubuntu project, Canonical is committed to the production and support of Ubuntu – an ever-popular and fast-growing open-source operating system. It aims to ensure that Ubuntu is available to every organisation and individual on servers, desktops, laptops and netbooks.

Canonical partners with computer hardware manufacturers to certify Ubuntu, provides migration, deployment, support and training services to businesses, and offers online services direct to end users. Canonical also builds and maintains collaborative, open-source development tools to ensure that organisations and individuals can participate fully in innovations within the open-source community. For more information, please visit www.canonical.com.

UBUNTU - Canonical and Dell deliver Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition

Canonical, Dell and Intel Team up to deliver Moblin Ubuntu Remix Developer Edition on Inspiron Mini 10v

Sep 23 Intel Developer Forum, San Francisco: Canonical and Dell have collaborated to bring the latest developer edition of the Moblin™ v2 user experience to the developer market. Called 'Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition' and optimized for the Intel® Atom™ processor-based Dell Inspiron Mini 10v netbook, this release gives developer communities a great platform to develop and test Moblin and associated applications.

The Moblin project is pushing the boundaries of Linux user-experiences with fast boot times, new applications and innovative user-interface. Canonical has worked closely with Dell and Intel to create the Ubuntu Moblin Remix which extends and productizes core Moblin OS features as well as the user interface. The image will also be made available by Dell for download.

The delivery of Ubuntu Moblin Remix on a shipping netbook means that features like power management, wireless networking and suspend/resume are pre-tested. This enables developers to focus on writing value-added software.

“Moblin keeps on getting more exciting as a project with new applications and improved user experiences. It's great to be delivering this release with Dell to developers wanting to participate in Moblin,” said Mark Shuttleworth, founder and CEO, Canonical. “Intel and the Moblin community are bringing tremendous resource and investment into the Linux ecosystem and this product acts as a bridge to Moblin for developers."

“Dell continues to take the lead in offering innovative choices in how individuals interact with their PC,” said John Thode, vice president, small screen devices, Dell Consumer. “By collaborating with Intel and Canonical we can offer early adopters, developers, and Linux enthusiasts, a truly pioneering Moblin development platform, the Inspiron Mini 10v, optimized for overall better performance, quicker boot time, smaller footprint, and longer battery life.”

“Moblin™ v2 takes advantage of the best features of Intel® Atom™ processors and provides outstanding user experience for small form factor devices,” said Doug Fisher, vice president of Intel’s Software and Services Group and general manager of the System Software Division. “It has been scarcely three months since the Moblin v2 beta was released and with the release of Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition on the Dell Inspiron Mini 10v we see a great example of how quickly the market segment is taking advantage of key technologies from Intel, Canonical and Dell.”
Availability

The Dell Inspiron Mini 10v with Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition pre-installed will be available starting Sept. 24 at www.dell.com/ubuntu.

The Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition image will also be available for download at http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Moblin.

The Moblin v2 beta is available for download today at http://moblin.org/downloads.
About Canonical

Canonical provides engineering, online and professional services to Ubuntu partners and customers worldwide. As the company behind the Ubuntu project, Canonical is committed to the production and support of Ubuntu – an ever-popular and fast-growing open-source operating system. It aims to ensure that Ubuntu is available to every organisation and individual on servers, desktops, laptops and netbooks.

Canonical partners with computer hardware manufacturers to certify Ubuntu, provides migration, deployment, support and training services to businesses, and offers online services direct to end users. Canonical also builds and maintains collaborative, open-source development tools to ensure that organisations and individuals can participate fully in innovations within the open-source community. For more information, please visit www.canonical.com.
About Moblin™ Project

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UBUNTU - Canonical adds Advanced Ubuntu Service and Support Offering

Premium Service Engineer provides support for mission-critical and complex Ubuntu environments

LONDON, September 3, 2009 – Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, announced today an advanced service and support offering that gives large enterprises with complex IT environments a highly-skilled, dedicated Canonical support professional.

Premium Service Engineer (PSE), a new level of support for large enterprises, offers a single point of contact for Canonical’s large customers – enabling a faster response time and faster issue resolution. PSEs have access to all levels of support, including Canonical’s platform engineers.

“Having a Premium Service Engineer has been vital to getting the level of support we require to improve our operational infrastructure.” said Chief Technology Officer Antonio José Sáenz from Isotrol, a pioneering customer of the PSE service. “As we are involved in the delivery of many open-source projects and ourselves operate a large Ubuntu and Debian server and desktop environment, being able to rely on a dedicated Ubuntu expert from Canonical reduces the pressure of supporting high-profile open-source projects externally and internally.”

“Familiarity with the customer’s environment is key to providing dedicated support,” said Steve George, Director of Corporate Services at Canonical. “As Canonical believes in providing service consistency, we assign the same technical consultant who assisted you with your initial deployment to also act as your Premium Service Engineer. This ensures that your Premium Service Engineer has an in-depth understanding of your requirements from the start.”

PSEs work proactively to support Canonical’s enterprise customers – becoming virtual team members who collaborate with IT/IS staff. They conduct regular technical and service reviews, transferring best-practice knowledge, and helping enterprises optimise their Ubuntu environments.

“One of the reasons we decided to engage a Premium Service Engineer from Canonical was to have an open-source Ubuntu expert on-hand on a continuous basis to help and ensure all our business units equally benefited from operational best practices,” said Saenz from Isotrol.

PSEs also act as the voice of the enterprise within Canonical’s platform and development areas, ensuring that new Ubuntu releases continue to meet the needs of enterprises.
About Canonical Corporate Services

Canonical’s Corporate Services group provides support, implementation and training services to organisations of all sizes. Comprised of Linux and open-source experts in server, desktop and cloud technologies, the Corporate Services group works with Canonical customers to help deliver all the benefits of the Ubuntu platform.
Pricing and Availability

Information and pricing for the PSE service is available at http://www.ubuntu.com/support/services/pse
About Canonical

Canonical provides engineering, online and professional services to Ubuntu partners and customers worldwide. As the founder of the Ubuntu project, Canonical is committed to the production and support of Ubuntu – an ever-popular and fast-growing open-source operating system. It aims to ensure that Ubuntu is available to every organisation and individual on servers, desktops, laptops and netbooks. Canonical partners with computer hardware manufacturers to certify Ubuntu, provides migration, deployment, support and training services to businesses, and offers online services direct to end users. Canonical also builds and maintains collaborative, open-source development tools to ensure that organisations and individuals can participate fully in innovations within the open-source community. For more information, please visit www.canonical.com.