Ubuntu is a full-fledged Linux distribution that provides all the tools you’ve come to expect from a desktop operating system, including a web browser, office suite, communication and security ...

Ubuntu unveiled Snappy Ubuntu Core today -- a new, lightweight version of the OS that offers a barebones platform combined with cloud-based application hosting. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology columnist who has covered everything from HDTVs to computers to Flowbee Haircut Systems. Besides his work with CNET, Don's work has been featured in a ...

The Ubuntu operating system for smartphones is getting closer to release, with Canonical officials hinting the release will possibly come as early as later this year or sometime next year. Canonical ...

Pop!_OS is different in that it focuses on gaming more than Ubuntu.

Ubuntu is the Zulu word for a traditional African philosophy that encourages people to live and work together harmoniously. Desmond Tutu defines ubuntu as “the very essence of being human,” what you ...

Canonical has high hopes for its mobile operating system. The release of an Ubuntu-powered tablet today pushed this further along. Canonical is the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, the open source ...

Hard on the heels of Canonical’s controversial decision to use the 3D-enabled Unity interface in its desktop Ubuntu operating system came word late last week that it will also adopt a new graphics ...

They're either hapless pests or the very people capable of overthrowing Windows. Take your pick. In December, hundreds of these controversial software developers gathered for one week at the Google ...

Over the years, I have tried enough NAS operating systems to know that most of them are designed to cater to a particular kind of user. Some are made to be beginner-friendly, while others are better ...

U.K. software company Canonical Ltd. today released yet another slimmed-down release of its Ubuntu operating system. Designed for software containers and cloud computing, the new Minimal Ubuntu OS ...

Canonical releases a new version of the popular Ubuntu operating system every six months. Quite frankly, most of those updates are kind of boring, with incremental changes from one build to the next.