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12 Months, 12 Images: This Was Ubuntu in 2017

For Ubuntu fans 2017 has been a mix of dramatic and ecstatic moments. In this post we present 12 images from our archives that illustrate Ubuntu in 2017.

18 December 2017

What The Press Is Saying About Ubuntu 17.10

Ubuntu 17.10 was released last week and, by now, you’ve probably decided whether or not you plan to try it out. But if you haven’t yet gotten around to trying it here are You can […]

25 October 2017
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Why Did Ubuntu Drop Unity? Mark Shuttleworth Explains

Mark Shuttleworth shares more details on why Ubuntu chose to drop Unity, a decision that took the Linux community by surprise back in April 2017.

24 October 2017

Purism Librem 5 Crowdfunding Ends With Over $2 million Raised

Time is up on the Purism Librem 5 crowdfunding campaign. It ends having raised more than $2 million to build a privacy orientated Linux smartphone.

23 October 2017
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Samsung Is Bringing Desktop Linux To Its Smartphones

Samsung is bringing desktop Linux to its smartphones. The 'Linux on Galaxy' project will let users "run Linux-based distributions on mobile devices".

20 October 2017
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Success — Linux Phone Crowdfunding Campaign Reaches Its Goal

Purism’s crowdfunding campaign to create a pure Linux smartphone has reached its goal. The security-conscious US-based Linux laptop vendor has raised the full $1.5 million target it sought. The money will be used to help fund […]

9 October 2017
purism librem 5 linux smartphone

Purism is Crowdfunding an Encrypted Linux Phone

Crowdfunding for a Linux phone that respects your privacy and keep your data secure is underway by Linux laptop maker Purism.

24 August 2017
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Ubuntu Is Not Dying, It’s Simply Regenerating

Seriously folks, the Ubuntu desktop is not dying. Like The Doctor in the BBC Sci-Fi series Doctor Who it's simply regenerating.

8 June 2017
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Mark Shuttleworth Says Ubuntu Desktop “Remains Really Important”

Mark Shuttleworth has reiterated that the Ubuntu desktop "remains really important" to Canonical in an interview with The Cube at the OpenStack Summit 2017.

8 May 2017
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Ubuntu Plans To Switch to Wayland By Default

Ubuntu plans to ship Wayland in place of X.Org Server by default. Word of the display server¹ switch won’t surprise many. Mir, Canonical’s home-spun alternative to Wayland, had been billed as the future of Ubuntu’s convergence play. But […]

18 April 2017
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System76 Isn’t Giving Up On Ubuntu, Plans to Put its Own Spin on GNOME

System76 sells millions of dollars worth of Ubuntu laptops and PCs every year — but they're not letting news that Ubuntu is dropping Unity affect them.

11 April 2017
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How Linux Figures Reacted to Ubuntu’s Unity Bombshell

News that Ubuntu is to u-turn on Unity, can Convergence, and scrap its smartphones took the open-source community by total surprise last week. In this post we roundup the reactions that some prominent free software stalwarts, Linux pundits, and former Canonical employees had to […]

11 April 2017