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• Life gets tougher for alternative mobile OSes Tizen, Firefox and Ubuntu

  The future doesn't look very bright right now for alternative mobile operating systems Firefox OS, Tizen and Ubuntu.

• BQ announces second Ubuntu phone and plans to build PC-smartphone combo

  Against the odds, Canonical and Spanish company BQ are continuing to push Ubuntu for smartphones over Android and iOS. BQ's second Ubuntu phone is a step up from its inaugural effort, and the two companies are also working on a smartphone that's also a PC.

• Ubuntu still vulnerable to time-twiddling hack

  A security flaw in a common Unix software component remains unpatched in one of the most popular Linux distributions, more than a year after an official fix was published.

• Against the odds, Canonical and Jolla trot out iOS, Android alternatives

  Four smartphone OSes that hope to find room next to Android and iOS were on display at Mobile World Congress, but the most exciting were Ubuntu Phone and Sailfish OS.

• Google Cloud offers streamlined Ubuntu for Docker use

  Google has adopted for use in its cloud a streamlined version of the Canonical Ubuntu Linux distribution tweaked to run Docker and other containers.

• Docker gets some competition with new Joyent, Canonical containers

  Spurred by the sudden success of the Docker virtualization technology, platform services provider Joyent and Linux distributor Canonical have each open-sourced their container technologies.

• Docker gets some competition with new Joyent, Canonical containers

  Spurred by the sudden success of the Docker virtualization technology, platform services provider Joyent and Linux distributor Canonical have each open-sourced their container technologies.

• Canonical celebrates Cloud freedoms with new Ubuntu

  Canonical continues to aggressively equip its flagship Ubuntu Linux server software with more tools to help users build and run clouds.

• In Pictures: Ubuntu 14.04: The good, the bad, the Unity

  Ubuntu 14.04 Long Term Support/LTS (Trusty Tahr) proves that it doesn’t matter if you’re Oracle, Microsoft, or Canonical: Bringing a fleet of products into new release revision synch is tough.

• Dell brings Ubuntu to tablets with new Inspiron hybrids

  The Linux-based Ubuntu OS is finding its way into tablets with Dell's latest Inspiron hybrids, which can function as tablets and laptops.

• Canonical's new Ubuntu focuses on the long haul

  As organizations move in-house systems to the cloud, Canonical wants them to consider switching their OSes as well.

• Canonical to close Ubuntu One cloud-storage service

  Canonical is shutting down its Ubuntu One cloud-storage service rather than continue to go up against competitors such as Dropbox, Google Drive and EMC Syncplicity.

• Canonical CEO: Ubuntu wants to power everything from smartphones to the Cloud

  While you may not recognize the name Canonical, chances are you've heard of its Debian-based Linux OS called Ubuntu. We spoke to Jane Silber, CEO of the privately held UK-based company.

• New smartphone OS flags will fly at Mobile World Congress

  The newer smartphone OS entrants competing to chip away at the dominance of Android and iOS are heading to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, and facing a landscape that has changed since last year's show.

• First Ubuntu phones to launch in 2014

  The first smartphones based on a mobile version of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux operating system will be launched this year, the company's CEO said Wednesday.