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As of June 22 2009, Dell was still shipping Ubuntu 8.04 (released in April 2008) rather than Ubuntu 9.04 (April 2009 debut). International readers often complain to The VAR Guy that Dell Ubuntu systems are not available in their countries.Īlso, Dell typically waits considerable time before pre-loading the most current Ubuntu release on its systems. Is Dell a perfect Ubuntu partner? Certainly not. More recently, Dell has added Ubuntu Netbooks to its product mix. But Dell’s decision to offer Ubuntu on selected desktops and laptops in mid-2007 was a tipping point for Canonical’s move into mainstream computing.
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Dell: Sure, niche PC suppliers like System76 and ZaReason deserve major applause for shipping quality Ubuntu systems.
But in the meantime, Amazon and Canonical are quick to note that Ubuntu Server Edition for Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is available now.Ĭanonical’s cloud computing push gives Ubuntu a back door into the server market, where traditional pre-load deals with Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM can be tricky to develop (although Canonical and HP recently certified Ubuntu 9.04 on selected HP ProLiant servers).Ģ. : Ubuntu 9.10, scheduled for an October 2009 arrival, will push far deeper into cloud computing. Here they are.įirst up are two household names: and Dell.ġ. Although the effort isn’t generating headlines yet, solutions providers can measure Canonical’s progress by keeping their eyes on four key Ubuntu partners. So… Goodbye ShipIt… Thanks a lot for introducing me a wonderful world of Ubuntu.Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, continues to build its channel partner program. So we can expect more activities from those LoCo teams particularly. On the other hand, now it is a great opportunity for the LoCo teams to get more active and earn the respect from Canonical to be eligible to get the CDs for distributing. So abandoning ShipIt could be a sudden blow to them. I personally think, this project should be available exclusively for the Africa and the South Asia, where the term “broadband” is still a fairy tale for the majority computer users! People there still rely on the ShipIt for collect the latest release of Ubuntu.
But nevertheless, ShipIt gave lots of bumps to increase the popularity of Ubuntu. My personal experiences tell me that, lots of people just take the advantages of the ShipIt project, get the CD and actually do nothing with that CD.
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But I fell in love with Ubuntu so much that, now I download it via torrent. To be frankly, I ordered the CD (EdgyEft, if I could remember correctly) just out of curiosity, because it was free. I got my first Ubuntu CD with this program and I am a proud Ubuntu user still now for that great project. As before, we encourage these CDs to be shared and re-used … … we will continue to provide Approved LoCo teams with CDs that they can use for this advocacy work. The Approved LoCo team will still get the CDs from Canonical.
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What’ll be the next move to reach the end users? It seems that Canonical is now planning a free online trial for Ubuntu by utilizing the cloud which marketing manager Gerry Carr promised would be a “great first step for Windows users in particular” to wet their toes on the Linux desktop.īut, don’t be disheartened, Canonical has not abandoned the project completely. Canonical felt like it would make better sense to reduce the investment in snail-mail CD distribution and focus it more on LoCo Teams and use those savings to invest in other areas of the project.
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These days, particularly with the availability of low cost hi-speed Internet growing across the world, more and more people are simply downloading the ISO images and burning them to a CD or installing from a USB stick. Firstly, CD distribution is not really as effective as it used to be, and it is expensive. So why did Canonical take this decision? According to Jono Bacon, the Ubuntu Community Manager:
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Once the code (currently in beta) is finished, end users will no longer be able apply for a free CD via Canonical’s web site. The service stops with Ubuntu 11.04 later this month. It’s been a long time (since 2005) that Canonical used to put the operating system into the hands of developers and end users. Finally Shipit, Canonical‘s free CD delivering process has been declared to be discontinued for the individual request.
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