Ubuntu, Canonical and the Release of Feisty. Pune, 28 th January 2007

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Mark Shuttleworth Founded Thawte consulting Sold Thawte to Verisign for $ 575 Million Cosmonaut on Soyuz

Founded Thawte consulting

Sold Thawte to Verisign for $ 575 Million

Cosmonaut on Soyuz

Ubuntu – What does it mean? Ubuntu is an African (Bantu) word meaning: “humanity towards others" and "I am what I am because of who we all are" Ubuntu, the Linux distribution, consists of an operating system, applications and security updates and aims to bring the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world

Ubuntu is an African (Bantu) word meaning: “humanity towards others" and "I am what I am because of who we all are"

Ubuntu, the Linux distribution, consists of an operating system, applications and security updates and aims to bring the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world

Ubuntu overview Ubuntu supports servers, desktops and laptops Ubuntu supports the following Intel , AMD and SUN chip architectures - x-86, x86-64bit, UltraSPARC Ubuntu is developed by a developer community consisting of Canonical employees, partner employees and volunteers Ubuntu is backed by a commercial entity that partners, contracts and offers support and services to meet customer needs Ubuntu selects, tests and brings together the world's best free and open source software every six months and makes it freely available on common technology platforms

Ubuntu supports servers, desktops and laptops

Ubuntu supports the following Intel , AMD and SUN chip architectures - x-86, x86-64bit, UltraSPARC

Ubuntu is developed by a developer community consisting of Canonical employees, partner employees and volunteers

Ubuntu is backed by a commercial entity that partners, contracts and offers support and services to meet customer needs

Ubuntu on the desktop Best out of the box experience available World's best open source software Over 10,000 applications available Specialised editions including Edubuntu, an education focused variant

Best out of the box experience available

World's best open source software

Over 10,000 applications available

Specialised editions including Edubuntu, an education focused variant

Ubuntu – What others are saying “ We just really like it [Ubuntu], we think it's really well-executed, and it's really user-friendly.... It's very secure. It's very well-written.”, Chris di Bona, Google , (on why Google use Ubuntu) “ U buntu is arguably one of the most important, if not t he most important GNU/Linux distribution out there. ” Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, Sun Microsystems 'The most popular Linux flavour there is ' – eWeek 'Our clear favorite among Linux desktop distributions.' - The Register ' An enterprise edition for everyone' - Linux World Australia 100 Best Products of 2006 – PC World

“ We just really like it [Ubuntu], we think it's really well-executed, and it's really user-friendly.... It's very secure. It's very well-written.”,

Chris di Bona, Google , (on why Google use Ubuntu)

“ U buntu is arguably one of the most important, if not t he most important GNU/Linux distribution out there. ”

Jonathan Schwartz, CEO, Sun Microsystems

December 2006: Growth

December 2006: Growth

December 2006: Growth (continued) Compared to Fedora and SuSE

December 2006: Growth (continued) Compared to Britney Spears

Canonical – Overview Canonical is a for profit company and is the lead sponsor of the Ubuntu distribution Employs 70+ staff in 18 countries Offices in Europe and North America Business model Global 24/7 support & professional services offered from Montreal Specialized engineering services 70+ % of revenue is server related

Canonical is a for profit company and is the lead sponsor of the Ubuntu distribution

Employs 70+ staff in 18 countries

Offices in Europe and North America

Business model

Global 24/7 support & professional services offered from Montreal

Specialized engineering services

70+ % of revenue is server related

Canonical core competencies Engineering Package selection Package management Software development Integration and testing Production of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu Community Working with the Ubuntu community: 15,000+ translators 200,000+ forum members 13,000 local team members Collaboration Tracking of 1500+ packages Active relationships with 100s upstream maintainers Strong relationships with Gnome, KDE, Debian, Mozilla, LTSP Services Global 24/7 support services Server and desktop support Customised engineering Professional services

Engineering

Package selection

Package management

Software development

Integration and testing

Production of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu

Community

Working with the Ubuntu community:

15,000+ translators

200,000+ forum members

13,000 local team members

Collaboration

Tracking of 1500+ packages

Active relationships with 100s upstream maintainers

Strong relationships with Gnome, KDE, Debian, Mozilla, LTSP

Services

Global 24/7 support services

Server and desktop support

Customised engineering

Professional services

Partnerships & certification Hardware System certification Component validation Promoting Ubuntu globally with emphasis on BRIC markets Software Commercial and open source software Packaging and certification Opera, Skype DB2, Oracle Express,Websphere CE Training Global programme Skills development Certification LPI validated exams Partners Local support businesses Value added resellers, consultants Over 300+ companies have joined in 12 months

Hardware

System certification

Component validation

Promoting Ubuntu globally with emphasis on BRIC markets

Software

Commercial and open source software

Packaging and certification

Opera, Skype

DB2, Oracle Express,Websphere CE

Training

Global programme

Skills development

Certification

LPI validated exams

Partners

Local support businesses

Value added resellers, consultants

Over 300+ companies have joined in 12 months

OEM Team. Where? China and Vietnam Russia, Ukraine & Poland Brazil India and Thailand

China and Vietnam

Russia, Ukraine & Poland

Brazil

India and Thailand

How do we succeed in India?

Some highlights of Fiesty Fawn...

Feisty Network Manager applet to allow easy switching of Wireless networks and between Wireless and Wired.

Network Manager applet to allow easy switching of Wireless networks and between Wireless and Wired.

Feisty Easy Ad-hoc network creation.

Easy Ad-hoc network creation.

Feisty Service discovery on the local network with the Apple Bonjour/Rendezvous protocol.

Service discovery on the local network with the Apple Bonjour/Rendezvous protocol.

Feisty Feisty will have a Composite aware Window Manager installed by default, using either Compiz or Beryl.

Feisty will have a Composite aware Window Manager installed by default, using either Compiz or Beryl.

Feisty More... Much improved printer support and flexibility KDE4 available as an alternative More automated testing of packages and upgrades Improved bug reporting tools (including crashes)

Much improved printer support and flexibility

KDE4 available as an alternative

More automated testing of packages and upgrades

Improved bug reporting tools (including crashes)

Watch this space... Codec installation; playing a movie for which there is no installed codec will offer the ability to install it directly.

Codec installation; playing a movie for which there is no installed codec will offer the ability to install it directly.