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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release Schedule Revealed

17th of April - that's the tentative date set for the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS according to an early draft of the next release schedule.

30 August 2013
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Ubuntu 13.10 Alpha 2 Released, Five Flavours Taking Part

Five Ubuntu flavours, including Lubuntu & Ubuntu GNOME, have taken part in the Alpha 2 release of the 'Saucy Salamander' development cycle.

25 July 2013
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Lubuntu, Kubuntu Won’t Ship With Mir in 13.10

The KDE-based spin Kubuntu, as well as the lightweight distro Lubuntu, have both announced they have no plans to adopt Mir for their future releases.

30 June 2013

Mark Shuttleworth Talks Mir, Ubuntu Touch Marketshare & Mudslinging

Following a new release of Ubuntu Mark Shuttleworth puts himself in front of the community for a Question & Answer session. This, folks, is what he had to say...

22 May 2013

Ubuntu 13.10 Release Schedule (Updated)

The release date of Ubuntu 13.10, along with its major development milestones, are now up on the Ubuntu Wiki.

3 May 2013
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Ubuntu Flavours Release 13.04 Updates

Today wasn't just release day for Ubuntu. Oh no. It was also release day for the ever-growing family of Ubuntu flavours.

25 April 2013

Ubuntu To Become The Official OS Of China

Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu have announced that they will be officially affiliated with the Chinese government to bring a new Ubuntu based OS to the Chinese population.

23 March 2013

Chinese Linux Distro Seeks Place in Ubuntu Family

Ubuntu Kylin pitches for place at the Ubuntu family tablet, usurping the official Ubuntu Chinese Edition. But Ubuntu Kylin is much more than just a different language setting...

27 February 2013

Ubuntu Not Switching to Rolling Release Model

Ubuntu will not be switching to a 'Rolling Release' model anytime soon, despite recent reports to the contrary. But Ubuntu's Jono Bacon has revealed that pieces are being put into place' to allow such a decision to be made at a later date.

25 January 2013

Ubuntu 13.04 To Drop Alpha Releases?

The Ubuntu 13.04 development cycle may not feature any alpha releases, a session at this weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit has mooted. Discussion, which although still preliminary is expected to be actioned, suggests disbanding with alpha builds for Ubuntu 13.04, and releasing only one beta.

29 October 2012
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Ubuntu Website Adds New ‘Donations’ Page

Canonical have today launched a new 'contributions' page through which users can donate money to the Ubuntu project. Canonical say that the initiative will help people '..choose to financially support different aspects of Canonical's work, from gaming and app, desktop, phone and tablet, to co-ordination of upstreams or supporting Ubuntu flavours."

9 October 2012
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‘Coverbox’ Puts Music Artwork, Controls On the Ubuntu Desktop

Want to display album cover-art and control options on your desktop in Ubuntu? Coverbox, a fork of the once-popular Covergloobus, lets you do just that.

31 August 2012