"If you’re looking to sell on Linux, we can’t stress enough how important it is to engage with Canonical. They are approachable, super helpful and want your snap to succeed."

"Since we migrated to a standardised environment, we haven’t experienced a single hardware failure. And the new Ubuntu-based infrastructure, in conjunction with our in-house auto-configuration tool, makes server management much easier. We’ve probably reduced the amount of time it takes to provision and configure a server from a week to …

"When we were evaluating possible server solutions, we asked Microsoft for some quotations on Microsoft Server 2003 for our servers and Microsoft Windows Vista for our desktops. The licensing costs ruled Microsoft out for us. Implementing Ubuntu on the servers and desktops in our business saved us at least £6,630 …

"A year ago, we made the decision to make the transition from Microsoft to Linux. The licence pricing was becoming too much for us, and we didn’t want to adopt Microsoft Vista. Ubuntu was the best distribution we tested. It doesn’t compromise on user experience, it’s solid, and it works …

"Canonical has long shared our commitment to open source innovation and has proved a vital partner in developing new, intuitive ways to bring Rocket. Chat to new markets and new potential users."

"Ubuntu enables us to seamlessly try new software packages. It gives us the ability to rapidly fail, learn what works, try new things, and move forwards."

"Quick development and iterations of robotics application requires a high level of stability and flexibility in terms of building a platform that allows changes or adjustments to the different features without any malfunction. Ubuntu is well suited to develop such an application which is then robust, stable, responsive and has …

"Ubuntu’s active user community supports and facilitates quick development and iterations and its Core variant is well suited for light on-board computers for aerial robots."

"In the immediate future, all users working on Ubuntu 10.04 will be migrated to the Ubuntu 12.04 Long Term Support release,” says Zięba. “We are really looking forward to making the move, and reaping the benefits of the enhanced functionality and ease of use built-in to the Unity desktop"

"That was straightforward because Ubuntu is the most open of the open source distributions."

"The LiMux/open source project was a long and iterative one, but after a few years of running such a large Linux base, we realised Ubuntu was the platform that could satisfy our requirements best. By combining the low costs and freedom of open source software with ongoing support for the …

"The demand for cloud services in research and education is taking momentum and Italy is no exception. GARR is applying to cloud computing the same successful community based model used for networking, setting up a Federated cloud rather than resorting just to public clouds. It is clear though that our …

“We realised that open source was the best option and went for Fedora. While the first three years were certainly a success, we wanted to introduce an operating system that was easier to use but still offered the look and feel of a powerful computing environment, without sacrificing the budget.”

"Landscape is a good opportunity for Sensape to scale its business without having to get more developers. We have found Landscape easy to integrate, saving us time, and increasing efficiency and scalability. It also helps us to improve quality, enabling us to offer a better, more robust service to our …

"Now that we have teams in Montreal, India and Japan it is important for us to have the right system and tools in place so that we can work effectively and efficiently between geographies. We can’t afford to have delays simply because the teams are distributed."