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The Ubuntu community contributes towards saving the Iberian Lynx

With only three days until Ubuntu 10.10 (a.k.a Maverick Meerkat) is released and available to the world, it seems quite possible that Ubuntu’s 10.04 LTS...

Latest Ubuntu 10.10 Server Edition makes cloud deployment easier than ever

Canonical to sponsor users with free cloud time on Amazon EC2 to let users experience improvements for themselves Canonical today announced the upcoming...

Centralised logging with rsyslog

The management of multiple systems requires the setup of tools to control the servers behaviour in real time and post analysis. Moreover, regulations and best...

Wikimedia chooses Ubuntu for all of its servers

Background Most people with a passing acquaintance with a browser or Google search know Wikipedia, the web-based encyclopedia spanning topics from the...

The weird and wonderful world of Latin Extended B

Below, Amelie Bonet from the Dalton Maag design team shares her thoughts: Latin Extended B is a block (0180-024F) within the Unicode standard. With its...

Wavesat uses Bazaar Version Control to increase developer productivity

Summary As a leading provider of wireless solutions to global telecommunication carriers and device manufacturers, Wavesat runs a tight schedule of multiple...

The UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital maximise resources with standardised infrastructure

Canonical partner Fry-IT implements a high-performing infrastructure based on Ubuntu Server Edition The UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street...

Oakland University replaces UNIX with Ubuntu

Company overview Oakland University, a state-supported college in Rochester, Mich., teaches some 18,000 students across its liberal arts, business...


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Metal Sales deploys mission-critical servers five times faster with Ubuntu

US-based Metal Sales Manufacturing needed to upgrade its server infrastructure so that it could accelerate processes, integrate new applications and scale to...

Landscape contributes to the doubling of Context Media’s advertising performance

Chicago-based company Context Media builds waiting room TV networks that help healthcare professionals educate and inspire their patients as they make crucial...

Emphony Technologies achieves 100 per cent uptime with Ubuntu

New business Emphony Technologies needed to implement a cost-effective, reliable and available IT infrastructure. It wanted to introduce a server environment...

Chicago-based financial services company chooses Ubuntu and cuts server infrastructure by 70 per cent

Financial services company Equitec was running its mission-critical, proprietary trading software on 100 Windows-based servers. After experiencing a series of...

Film site reduces upgrade times from days to minutes

Kinopoisk (http://www.kinopoisk.ru/), a Russian film website similar to IMDb, needed to implement a new server infrastructure that would simplify maintenance...

Ubuntu is the open source platform of choice for Oxford Archaeology

Out with the proprietary software and in with open source. Moving to Ubuntu is proving to be an excellent decision by Oxford Archaeology. Background Oxford...

PlusServer deploys Landscape Dedicated Server and achieves a rapid return on investment

Summary German hosting provider PlusServer AG runs 70 per cent of its internal systems and 15 per cent of customer servers on Ubuntu. To reduce time spent on...

New t-shirts

The new Maverick Meerkat and Natty Narwhal t-shirt delivery came in this morning, looking tip top I have to say. Check out the MM on the shop site in mens and...


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