The VAR Guy

As Canonical prepares for Ubuntu 9.10’s October 29 launch, the company’s channel and partner management team is developing an Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud training course for VARs, partners and IT managers. Here’s the scoop.

Canonical appears on track to release Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server editions on Thursday, Oct. 29. In anticipation of the launch, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth is expected to address the media later today (Oct. 26). The VAR Guy will be listening closely and sister site WorksWithU hopes to explore the following eight questions about Ubuntu 9.10 and Canonical’s direction.

After Canonical launches Ubuntu 9.04 on April 23, the company will play an encore by launching a series of training courses — for Ubuntu Server Edition and even cloud computing. Here’s the scoop, only from The VAR Guy.

Ubuntu 9.04 — the latest Linux distribution release from Canonical — arrives this week with great fanfare. Server, desktop, notebook and netbook makers are jumping on the Ubuntu 9.04 bandwagon. But where are the channel partners — resellers, VARs and solutions providers? Right now, Canonical doesn’t have many answers.

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu, delivered the keynote address at OSCON this evening. Here’s a recap of his presentation, which explored how free software can drive innovation — and how the Linux desktop has to become a piece of art that leapfrogs Apple within two years.

Canonical CEO and Ubuntu Linux backer Mark Shuttleworth will step into the spotlight July 22, when he keynotes OSCON (Open Source Convention) in Portland, Oregon. It will be a critical moment for Shuttleworth and the Ubuntu movement. Here’s why.