30 January 2009

Canonical, Commercial Sponsor Of Ubuntu, Joins ARM Community

Canonical Ltd, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, has joined the ARM Connected Community, the industry’s largest ecosystem for ARM technology-based products and services.

Headquartered in Europe, Canonical is committed to the development, distribution and support of open source software products and communities. Since its launch in October 2004, Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users around the world.

Last autumn ARM and and Canonical Ltd confirmed that they are planning to bring the full Ubuntu Desktop operating system to the ARMv7 processor architecture, enabling new netbooks and hybrid computers, targeting energy-efficient ARM technology-based SoCs, to deliver an always-connected, power efficient, mobile computing experience.

This version of the Ubuntu Desktop operating system will target the ARMv7 architecture including ARM Cortex-A8 and ARM Cortex-A9 processor-based systems.

The ARM Connected Community is a global network of companies aligned to provide a complete solution, from design to manufacture and end use, for products based on the ARM architecture.  ARM offers a variety of resources to Community members, including promotional programs and peer-networking opportunities that enable a variety of ARM Partners to come together to provide end-to-end customer solutions.  Visitors to the ARM Connected Community have the ability to contact members directly through the website.