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Canonical Ltd partners with LynuxTraining Sàrl to Develop Ubuntu Certified Professional Training Courses

20 December 2006, London - Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has partnered with LynuxTraining Sàrl to develop the first dedicated Ubuntu training courses for the 'Ubuntu Certified Professional' status. UCP is a training certification based on the LPI level 1 certification.

Ubuntu Wins Most User Friendly Linux Distribution Award

16 November 2006, London - Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, today announced it has scooped another two awards for Ubuntu, its leading-edge Linux distribution. At the Linux New Media Awards, on Wednesday 15th November, Ubuntu was awarded 'Most User-Friendly Linux Distribution', and Canonical the 'Best combination of Community and Commerce'.

Canonical Launches New Ubuntu Release for Desktops and Servers

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) Release Candidate Announced

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 6.10 of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu - codenamed "Edgy Eft". The Release Candidate includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images, alternate text-mode installation CDs and an upgrade wizard for users of the current stable release.

We consider this release candidate to be complete, stable and suitable for testing by any user.

Beta Release of Ubuntu 6.10 - codenamed "Edgy Eft"

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default, every other package you can imagine available from the network, and professional technical support from Canonical Ltd and hundreds of other companies around the world.

Ubuntu 6.10 will be supported for 18 months on both the desktop and on the server.

Ubuntu Linux Voted the Most Popular Desktop

A recent survey of nearly 15,000 linux users by DesktopLinux.com revealed Ubuntu Desktop Linux to be the most popular - by a drastic margin.

• The most popular desktop of Linux today is... well, most of you can already guess without seeing the scores: Ubuntu.

Announcing the Official Ubuntu Book

Now available from Prentice Hall, "The Offical Ubuntu Book" co-authored by Benjamin Mako Hill, Jono Bacon, Corey Burger, Jonathan Jesse, Ivan Krstic.

Posting Date & id: August 2006 UXMAIN
Location: Your home, as long as you have broadband. Some international travel will be required.
Summary: Provide the graphics infrastructure to enable the first-class desktop
user experience in Ubuntu

Key responsibilities:

• Package new releases of the X window system as they become available, in accord with Ubuntu release schedules

Posting Date & id: August 2006 UOOM
Location: Your home, as long as you have broadband. Some international travel will be required.
Summary: Package and maintain the OpenOffice.org suite for Ubuntu

Key responsibilities:

• Package new releases of OpenOffice.org as they become available, in accord with Ubuntu release schedules and packaging standards

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS "Recommended" by IT Reviews

IT Reviews has given Ubuntu 6.06 LTS their "Recommended" award. From the review: