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Canonical -- the commercial outfit behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution -- is offering a version of the open source operating system meant specifically for desktop PCs inside the world's businesses. "Ubuntu has been hot-rodded for business," says Ubuntu community manager Jono Bacon.  

While there's still two months left until Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" will be officially released, here are the first benchmarks of this forthcoming long-term support release. Included are desktop and workstation benchmarks along with a look at the boot performance and power consumption. The Ubuntu 12.04 LTS releases are compared to earlier Ubuntu Linux releases going back to the 10.10 release.  

Lovin' those Long Term Support releases Commercial Linux distributor Canonical has released its third annual survey of the Ubuntu Server installed base to show what is going on out there among the Shuttleworth faithful. The survey comes just as Canonical is getting ready to put its next big server release into the field in April.…  

LibreOffice 3.5 has been released, this is a major release that comes with many new features and improvements, in this release for the first time will be enabled the online update checker which informs users when a new version of the suite is available.  

Summary: Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth posted a blog defending the decision to release an enterprise remix of Ubuntu Business Desktop for enterprise users that contains VMware View Anticipating some sort of of outcry, Ubuntu founder Mark ...  

It looks like a new "locally integrated menu" will make it into Unity, starting with version 5.6.0. There's basically no information about the new locally integrated menubar, except for two bug reports which link to some custom Unity, Compiz, Metacity and Light Themes branches so to see "LIM" in action, I've compiled all these branches and here's the result. The "locally integrated menubar" can be displayed on the panel (for maximized windows...  

Many articles have already been written about Ubuntu’s HUD, or Head-Up Display, a feature that is expected on future versions of the popular distribution. It is intended to replace the menu as we know it, with voice capabilities built-in. You may read the original article by Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, here. If you use a distribution running the K Desktop Environment, there is an application that offers HUD’s promised...  

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #252 for the week February 6 – 12, 2012, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu Global Jam: Call For Events! Ubuntu 12.04 Development update Remixing Ubuntu for the Enterprise Desktop Ubuntu Stats LoCo News Ubuntu Cloud News Jonathan Riddell: [...]  

Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical proudly announced today the immediate availability for download of the Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix operating system. Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix is an Oneiric Ocelot based distribution created to be deployed on large ...  

When Linux Mint fans trumpeted that it was the most downloaded Linux distro in recent years, the distro was throwing itself open to debate on the ways and mechanisms by which it became the most downloaded or most viewed distro on opensource platform watchdog-Distrowatch.  

Ubuntu is one of several very popular Linux distributions and the company behind it, Canonical, is looking to branch out. Unlike other Linux vendors, such as Red Hat, Ubuntu has no special edition targeted at enterprise environments. That is about to change, as the Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix has been released. This edition is based off of the Ubuntu distribution, but it has a different set of default packages that come installed in order to...  

As we reported late last year, Canonical is very interested in taking Ubuntu to tablets, TVs and other new devices. And recently, the Spark tablet has been drawing a lot of interest as a Linux-based, open platform device that can compete with Apple's iPad. Now, the rugged Yuma tablet (shown here) is drawing some buzz. It comes in a version pre-loaded with Windows 7, but you can also get it in a version running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Netbook...  

Comice OS 4 is based on both Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS distributions, containing Linux kernel 3.2, GNOME 3.2.2, Mozilla Firefox 11.0 Beta, Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0 Beta, LibreOffice 3.5 Beta 2, Clementine, Shotwell, Totem Movie Player, BleachBit, Adobe Flash Player plug-in and Synaptic Package Manager.  

‘Ubuntu Business Remix’ Launched by Canonical Based on Ubuntu 11.10, the spin ships with a host of ‘corporate-focused’ software, such as VMware View, Adobe Flash and OpenJDK, by default, whilst removing packages businesses aren’t likely to need, e.g. Gwibber, games, file-sharing apps, etc.  

Marlin File Browser is a project led by ‘ammonkey’, it is a GTK3-based file manage who is greatly inspired by Nautilus Elementary, it has tabbed browsing, multiple views modes, single-click default open option, multiple choices to configure toolbars and interface as well as a Plugin Framework. Marlin is fast, easy to use and most important its good integration with Unity. Marlin already has a good built-in support for Unity Quick lists.