Hard on the heels of Canonical’s decision last month to halve the support life for non-LTS releases of Ubuntu Linux, the company late last week announced that three versions of its popular Linux ...

Ubuntu LTS versions get five years of updates, while non-LTS only gets nine months. LTS versions prioritize stability but contain older software. Non-LTS releases offer newer features but need ...

Last week, Ubuntu announced it would end support for 32-bit applications, starting with its next release. But the decision was not well-received, especially by the gaming community, and Valve ...

Just a few weeks following the official feature freeze on Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot,” the first beta version of Canonical’s free and open source Linux distribution was released on Sept. 1. That ...

Mir, Ubuntu’s in-progress replacement for the X Window System, is being used internally at Ubuntu developer Canonical and will be available to all users in the next version of the operating system.

Canonical is making fast progress on a promise to improve the netbook experience by launching a new user interface dubbed "Unity" and plans for light editions of Ubuntu. In a Mark Shuttleworth blog ...

A Kernel Potato: Ubuntu is one of most popular Linux distributions available, it is a free and open source operating system based on Debian, and is used by both end users and enterprise ventures. It's ...