A 19 post collection
The XPS 13 DE: Dell continues to build a reliable Linux lineage | Ars Technica
Everything comes full circle. I now work for EMC, which is merging with Dell. I once worked for Canonical, back when getting these kind of native Linux deals was just starting.
The First Ubuntu Phone Won't Rely On Apps. Here's Why That's Brilliant | Fast Company
Interesting look at the new Ubuntu phone and scopes. Scopes have been around on the desktop for awhile, so not sure I’d call the idea brilliant. Scopes were on the desktop for a year or more when I left Canonical. Clever idea to use these to work around lack of apps, but let’s not act like this is some new hotness no one else thought of.
I am anxious to see how the phone fares and if people like it. It’s been a long time coming.
Full disclosure, I’m partial to Canonical’s cloud offerings from my time there and was always skeptical of the phone. I certainly hope they succeed though.
Why the operating system still (kind of) matters — Tech News and Analysis
Mark always gives a great interview and has great and unique insight into cloud computing.
Ubuntu Touch OS wins its first smartphone partner
Canonical has inked its first deal with partner who’ll put the Linux-basd operating system on its phones, founder Mark Shuttleworth reveals. Read this article by Stephen Shankland on CNET News.
Congrats to Canonical! (And to Mark for growing such a fantastic beard.)
Valve Joins the Linux Foundation as it Readies Steam OS
Interesting. Also makes me wonder what this means for Steam on Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 13.10: It just works - TechRepublic
Find out why Jack Wallen thinks that Ubuntu 13.10 is a solid, reliable platform that just works.
Latest Ubuntu 13.10 includes first step to mobile / PC convergence | Insights
Canonical today announces the availability of Ubuntu 13.10 for desktop and smartphone. Ubuntu's first true mobile release delivers the streamlined core OS and mobile user interface that pave the way for full device convergence and create a unique platform for modern computing.
Google's Self-Driving Cars Are Powered by Ubuntu
Google revealed that they are using a lightly customized and realtime-ish version of the Ubuntu Linux operating system development by Canonical on the…
Via @ubuhulk.
Ubuntu Edge: founder says failure isn't the end of the dream | Technology | theguardian.com
Ubuntu's Edge Smartphone Just Out-Crowdfunded Pebble's Smartwatch
The Ubuntu Edge phone just took Pebble’s $10 million crowdfunding crown but it’s still $20 million shy of its goal.