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• Ceph spinoff looks to monetize open-source storage framework

  By Jon Gold | 04 May, 2012 06:38

  The main developers behind the popular Ceph open-source storage framework announced today that they have created a new company, dubbed Inktank, to provide paid support and consulting for the system.

• Canonical gears Linux upgrade to the cloud

  By Paul Krill | 27 April, 2012 00:24

  Canonical is focusing on cloud deployments with an upgrade to its Ubuntu Linux distribution being unveiled on Thursday.

• Canonical gears Linux upgrade to the cloud

  By Paul Krill | 26 April, 2012 23:18

  Canonical is focusing on cloud deployments with an upgrade to its Ubuntu Linux distribution being unveiled on Thursday.

• Canonical gears Linux upgrade to the cloud

  By Paul Krill | 26 April, 2012 22:45

  Canonical is focusing on cloud deployments with an upgrade to its Ubuntu Linux distribution being unveiled on Thursday.

• Linux Foundation's open-source cloud conference set for August

  By Jon Gold | 25 April, 2012 14:29

  The Linux Foundation today announced that it would hold a symposium on the cloud, big data and open source this August in San Diego dubbed CloudOpen.

• How to brag online without appearing to brag

  By Paul McNamara | 23 April, 2012 14:36

  Last week I posted to Buzzblog a list of the 50 best "bragging rights" claimed by users of Google+.

• Red Hat announces beta availability of Storage 2.0

  By Jon Gold | 10 April, 2012 07:29

  A beta version of Red Hat Storage 2.0 was announced Monday by the Massachusetts-based open-source software company.

• Ubuntu Linux comes preloaded on two new laptops

  By Katherine Noyes | 10 April, 2012 05:27

  As a fan of Ubuntu in particular and Linux in general, I'm always interested when new devices come out with my favorite operating system already installed.

• Ubuntu Linux 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' reaches final beta

  By Katherine Noyes | 31 March, 2012 06:17

  With just a few weeks remaining before the final release of Ubuntu Linux 12.04 "Precise Pangolin," Canonical has released the second and final beta version of the free and open source operating system.

• Android: Coming soon to a desktop near you?

  By Katherine Noyes | 25 February, 2012 05:16

  If ever there was a week to make plain the writing on the proverbial wall of the personal computing world, this week has been it.

• Ubuntu Android add-on designed to replace PCs

  By Joab Jackson | 22 February, 2012 05:29

  Canonical has unveiled software that will give Android smartphones the ability to run full desktop computer sessions on computer monitors and television sets.

• A tablet for under a Benjamin?

  By Mark Gibbs | 14 January, 2012 02:36

  Product names are tricky, there's no doubt about it. If you're not going to use a meaningless string of characters such as "X77-P73" then you've got your work cut out for you because it's hard to find a good name that isn't already taken by some other company. Even internal project names have to be researched, checked that they are OK to use and vetted by lawyers for liability.

• Mint is fun, client-focused Linux distro

  By Tom Henderson | 07 January, 2012 11:32

  When Ubuntu decided last year to abruptly replace the familiar Gnome UI with its own Unity interface, many users were upset. And according to the latest numbers from DistroWatch, Linux Mint has been the major beneficiary, so we decided to test Linux Mint 12.

• Fedora, Mint, openSUSE, Ubuntu: Which Linux desktop is for you?

  By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 07 January, 2012 03:14

  There are more interesting Linux desktop distributions to choose from than ever before. However, if you're looking for major distros with a great deal of support, you'll want to look at the big four: Fedora, Mint, openSUSE, and Ubuntu.

• Ubuntu targets smartphones, clouds

  By Tom Henderson | 19 December, 2011 17:27

  Ubuntu 11.10 has some jagged edges and documentation isn't easy to locate, but Canonical is certainly dreaming big with this latest update, dubbed Oneiric (dreamy) Ocelot.