Canonical

Miracle WM, a new tiling window manager built on Mir

Try preliminary version of a new environment in a snap

OSes27 Feb 2024 | 20

Canonical intros Microcloud: Simple, free, on-prem Linux clustering

As Ubuntu approaches its 20th anniversary, some more of its pieces may be Snapping together

OSes16 Nov 2023 | 30

Ubuntu LTS kernels will get one decade of fixes … still

Upstream policy change for LTS kernels Ubuntu doesn't use

OSes26 Oct 2023 | 3

Behold, Incus: Check out this fork of Canonical's LXD 'containervisor'

Lead dev Graber quits Ubuntu maker, helps out this new project

OSes04 Aug 2023 | 19

Latest version of Canonical's Wayland compositor arrives

Mir 2.14 and its easily installable sibling Miriway

Software28 Jul 2023 | 10

Mint 21.2 is desktop Linux without the faff

Nifty new features mostly go to Cinnamon users, though

OSes19 Jul 2023 | 84

Canonical takes its LXD 'containervisor' back into the house

Ubuntu vendor takes its toys… back into the crib?

Software07 Jul 2023 | 6

Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster scuttles into public view

You may be all a Flutter over the installer

OSes20 Apr 2023 | 21

Official: Lomiri desktop now runs on Debian

Converged environment formerly known as Unity 8 breaks free from Ubuntu – and indeed, from tablets

OSes27 Feb 2023 | 4

Ubuntu continues expanding RISC-V support – now, the $17 Sipeed LicheeRV

As progress revealed on Android port to the open ISA

Personal Tech28 Oct 2022 | 11

Ubuntu 22.10 is out, with an extra remix in the family: Unity

Linux wunderkind's project now an official flavor as 'Kinetic Kudu' brings nine months of updates

OSes20 Oct 2022 | 26

Canonical displays controversial 'ad' in shell update prog

Updated Ubuntu once again courts controversy, but alternative commands are available

OSes13 Oct 2022 | 61

Canonical makes Ubuntu Pro free for up to five machines

Kernel live-patching and a full decade of software updates

OSes06 Oct 2022 | 3

A match made in heaven: systemd comes to Windows Subsystem for Linux

Has someone been Poettering about?

OSes24 Sep 2022 | 118

Kylin: The multiple semi-official Chinese versions of Ubuntu

Investigating the world of Chinese Linux

OSes30 Aug 2022 | 19

Canonical adds instance tweaking to Multipass, Confidential VMs to Azure

The days of destroying and rebuilding to add another CPU core are numbered

Virtualization01 Aug 2022 |

I love the Linux desktop, but that doesn't mean I don't see its problems all too well

Comment Fragmentation has put paid to the dream of this OS ever being bigger than Windows

OSes08 Jun 2022 | 270

Windows Subsystem for Linux gets bleeding-edge Ubuntu

'This is not recommended for production development. It may be unstable and it will have bugs'

OSes13 May 2022 | 11

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS arrives on everything from a 2GB Pi to AWS Graviton

The last LTS before a Canonical float in 2023?

OSes21 Apr 2022 | 16

How not to attract a WSL (or any) engineer

Canonical purportedly seeking expert who can remember high school

Offbeat21 Mar 2022 | 106

Canonical: OpenStack is dead, long live OpenStack

It might not be trendy anymore, but apparently it keeps on selling

Off-Prem14 Mar 2022 | 13

SQL Server on Linux: Canonical offers official support, AWS Babelfish helps users move to Postgres

Amazon tech requires fork of PostgreSQL, is not fully compatible with SQL Server

Databases02 Nov 2021 | 33

Ubuntu 21.10: Plan to do yourself an Indri? Here's what's inside... including a bit of GNOME schooling

Review Plus: Rounded corners make GNOME 40 look like Windows 11

OSes18 Oct 2021 | 17

Ubuntu 21.10 brings GNOME 40 debut and a focus on devs

Also: Why Canonical thinks Ubuntu GUI on Windows 11 matters

OSes14 Oct 2021 | 27

How many Android containers can you fit on your VM?

Interview The Register speaks to Canonical about running the OS in the cloud

PaaS + IaaS23 Sep 2021 | 1

Canonical scales down Anbox Cloud to an appliance on AWS

How many Android apps can you fit on an EC2 instance?

PaaS + IaaS07 Sep 2021 |

Canonical and Microsoft get cosier with Active Directory integration in Ubuntu 21.04

SQL Server optimisations on way too, but 'Hirsute Hippo' not an LTS release so take-up may be tepid

OSes22 Apr 2021 | 13

Canonical: Flutter now 'the default choice for future desktop and mobile apps'

Cross-platform appeal outweighs performance penalty, argues Linux flinger

Applications22 Mar 2021 | 24

Canonical turns to Google framework for new installer, but community asks why not have a Flutter on GTK?

Bye bye Ubiquity, Subiquity: new unified installer will cover both desktop and server

Software03 Feb 2021 | 17

Ubuntu 20.10 goes full Raspberry Pi, from desktop to micro clouds: Full fat desktop on a Pi is usable

But company also has its eye on Kubernetes at the edge

Software23 Oct 2020 | 35

It's the year of Linux on the... ThinkPad as Lenovo extends out-of-the-box Ubuntu support to nearly 30 machines

PCs for suited penguins

OSes23 Sep 2020 | 18

Onwards! To the airport and adventure! And this rather lachrymose Linux screen

Bork!Bork!Bork! No flight info, no adverts, just blackness...

OSes23 Sep 2020 | 39

Mark Shuttleworth to revive Ubuntu Community Council after body shrinks to single member – Mark Shuttleworth

Linux distro founder apologises for 'having dropped the ball'

OSes14 Sep 2020 | 23

Go on, devs, have a Flutter on Linux desktop apps: Google and Canonical launch alpha SDK

App framework extends its reach to Canonical's Snap Store

OSes08 Jul 2020 | 8

Canonical pushes out MicroK8s installer for Mac and Windows, with Multipass VM tech lurking behind the scenes

Another option for Kubernetes fans not strictly on Linux

Software02 Jun 2020 | 2

Welcome to life in the Fossa lane: Ubuntu 20.04 let out of cage and Shuttleworth claims Canonical now 'commercially self sustaining'

WireGuard VPN, more Snap, and hints about a GUI for WSL

Software23 Apr 2020 | 43

Already in final beta? That's Madagascar: Ubuntu 20.04 'Focal Fossa' gets updated desktop, ZFS support

Long-term release with upgraded QEMU virtualization

Software06 Apr 2020 | 38

Flinging resource-hungry apps at landfill Android? Ubuntu daddy wants to lure you into Anbox Cloud

Canonical goes playing in the streams

Software22 Jan 2020 | 9

Crossing the platforms: The Register checks in with Canonical's WSL alternative – Multipass

Lightweight Linux VMs for all. So long as Ubuntu is your thing

OSes18 Dec 2019 | 8

This fall, Ubuntu 19.10 stars as Eoan Ermine in... Dawn of the Stoats

Out today: Experimental ZFS on root, diminished compatibility with 32-bit applications

Software17 Oct 2019 | 35

Vulture Central team welcomed to our new nest by crashed Ubuntu that's 3 years out of date

Updated What Mark Shuttleworth would have wanted?

Software12 Sep 2019 | 78

BT adopts Ubuntu OpenStack as core brains for its 5G, fibre-to-the-premises rollout

Canonical drags the telco into the 21st century

Software24 Jul 2019 | 36

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS media released with APT fix as end of support nears

Canonical will keep Trusty Tahr fixes flowing... for a fee

Software08 Mar 2019 | 12

Happy graduation day, Containerd! Canonical has something for you

Support due in Microk8s and Charmed Kubernetes

Software01 Mar 2019 | 4

Canonical brings some bling to the Internet of Things with Snap-happy Ubuntu Core 18 release

Ubuntu here, there, everywhere

OSes22 Jan 2019 | 7

Want to spin up Ubuntu VMs from Windows 10's command line, eh? We'll need to see a Multipass

Don't need full-fat GUI? WSL doesn't cut it? Canonical has just the ticket

OSes22 Jan 2019 | 45

OpenStack 2018: Mark Shuttleworth chats to The Reg about 10-year support plans, Linus Torvalds and Russian rockets

Interview Like Ubuntu, hate upgrading? Canonical founder has good news. And a mighty, mighty beard

Software19 Nov 2018 | 14

Is this cuttlefish really all that cosmic? Ubuntu 18.10 arrives with extra spit, polish, 4.18 kernel

El Reg vulture gets his claws into Canonical's latest OS

OSes18 Oct 2018 | 97

Ubuntu reports 67% of users opt in to on-by-default PC specs slurp

Early data reveals most users run a single CPU, 4GB of RAM, one 1080P monitor

Software25 Jun 2018 | 51

Mining apps? We're cool so long as they admit to it, says Canonical

Better review for Snaps Store promised anyway after last week's crypto surprise

Security16 May 2018 | 13

Leave it to Beaver: Unity is long gone and you're on your GNOME

What's new, Ubuntu Linux? 18.04 has dropped and you may not like what you find

OSes27 Apr 2018 | 128

Ubuntu wants to slurp PCs' vital statistics – even location – with new desktop installs

Poll Data harvest notice will be checked by default

OSes16 Feb 2018 | 161

Ubuntu 17.10: We're coming GNOME! Plenty that's Artful in Aardvark, with a few Wayland wails

You've got to admit, Canonical has guts

Software20 Oct 2017 | 103

Computers4Christians miraculously appears on Ubuntu wiki

It must have been divine intervention

Bootnotes03 Oct 2017 | 105

Ubuntu Linux now on Windows Store (for Insiders)

What fell sorcery is this?

OSes11 Jul 2017 | 127

Post Unity 8 Ubuntu shock? Relax, Linux has been here before

Shaping up for a Red Hat or SUSE future

OSes02 May 2017 | 65