Canonical is the company that provides commercial support for Ubuntu and related services, such as Ubuntu One and Landscape.
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Can I legally build and sell desktops with Ubuntu pre-installed?
I'm starting a business and this is part of what I'm going to be offering. I'm almost complete with my certification in Linux Administration, but I don't know all of the ins and outs of the law Linux ...
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I have permanent connections to Canonical servers, what are they for and how can I turn them off?
After the recent upgrade to 12, I notice permanent connections to canonical servers.
Running netstat -tp gives:
Foreign Address State PID/Program name
mulberry.canonical:http ...
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What is the process for getting paid apps into the Ubuntu Software Center?
What is the process for getting paid apps into the Ubuntu Software Center?
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Who pays for Ubuntu?
Ubuntu seems expensive to develop and maintain. Bandwidth, development, marketing, and maintenance all cost money, and since Ubuntu is free to download and use, I don't see who pays for it all.
I ask ...
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How does Ubuntu make money?
We get various distros like kubuntu/ubuntu/lubuntu/edu/etc... for free.
We get critical updates constantly. We can download any programs we want from Ubuntu repos.
Gee, I can't even imagine what kind ...
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Ubuntu finances and future of project [closed]
What are the chances that the Ubuntu Project will die if its primary source of funds are removed? In other words, how healthy are the finances of the Ubuntu sponsors Canonical? Is Ubuntu losing money?
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Canonical reduced Ubuntu(non-LTS) support time to 9 months. Why?
Is reducing support time the first step of going to have a rolling distribution?
Or there is any other purpose?
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Will Skype be removed from the Canonical Partner repository? [closed]
I just learned that Microsoft has taken over Skype.
Will this affect the availability of Skype in the Canonical Partner repository?
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How do I make sure that Canonical get affiliate benefits when I buy from amazon?
Ubuntu 12.10 has a new feature to search and buy from Amazon, either from the Dash, or from a unity WebApp. This is quite controversial, but for my part, I quite ok with it. So when I buy something ...
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In which countries would Ubuntu TV be made available?
Will Ubuntu TV be made available outside of UK/USA when it is released for public use? For example in Germany?
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What is the 'canonical-census' package?
Why is (was) there so much fuss about it?
Why is it under the 'Canonical Partners' section in the Software Center?
Should I install it?
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How do I report a bug against Ubuntu.com (the Ubuntu website)
Since the website and wiki have been redesigned, the text is not always readable. The footer text overwrites other text, the links are not uniform colors, and the colors use blend and blur the text.
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