Mark Shuttleworth made news in 2002 when he fulfilled a lifelong ambition and became the first South African to travel into space, paying $20 million to be a civilian cosmonaut on an eight-day flight ...

Canonical Ltd., the commercial backer of the Ubuntu Linux operating system, is not yet turning a profit, but founder Mark Shuttleworth said during a teleconference today that he is prepared to ...

In a twist that is sure to raise eyebrows and cause no end of neckbeard scratching, Canonical CEO and Ubuntu's de facto spiritual leader, Mark Shuttleworth, has announced that key parts of Ubuntu ...

Mark Shuttleworth of Canonical Ltd and founder of the Ubuntu project, will be chatting live with Ars Premier subscribers today, Tuesday, February 2 at 1PM CST.<BR><BR ...

Canonical has announced plans to offer customized Docker container Long Term Support (LTS) Linux images via its Everything LTS service. These custom "distroless" Linux images are set to come with 12 ...

In the past few months, Ubuntu seems to have experienced a serious drop in popularity. It can be said that Linux distributions rise and fall when something new becomes the latest and greatest, but ...

Shuttleworth denies Ubuntu-Microsoft deal – LinuxWorld, 06/18/07: Canonical chief executive Mark Shuttleworth makes it clear that Ubuntu isn’t interested in a deal with Microsoft like those recently ...

The Snap Store, where containerized Snap apps are distributed for Ubuntu’s Linux distribution, has been attacked for months by fake crypto wallet uploads that seek to steal users’ currencies. As a ...

Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has reportedly invested $1 million in Inktank, a Startup providing enterprise-level support for the Ceph Distributed Storage System. Ceph redefines storage as an ...

Canonical has announced that it has secured a phone partner for its Ubuntu Touch OS mobile platform. The open-source operating system will come pre-loaded on high-end handsets manufactured by the ...