A new search feature that debuted in the beta of Ubuntu 12.10 has many users concerned for their privacy, despite a blog post from Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth intended to assuage such fears.

News that Ubuntu 12.10, currently in beta, will integrate Amazon search results into some queries by default app quickly created a tidal wave of recrimination in the open-source community, with ...

Canonical is working on a toggle to let Ubuntu users block Amazon-stocked products from appearing in their desktop search results. Following extensive disquiet from Ubuntu users in the last week — ...

Free software leader Richard Stallman claims Ubuntu amounts to spyware with Amazon search integrated into the “dash” of its Unity interface. He is calling for developers to shun the open-source ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Ready or not, Ubuntu's default display will be Wayland.The new Ubuntu includes the first user-facing ...

With support from Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth, a third-party Ubuntu developer is building a torrent search project that may be enabled by default in future versions of the operating system.

When the head of the free software movement declares your open source software contains spyware it's gotta hurt. Late last year, that's how the president of the Free Software Foundation, Richard ...

News about Ubuntu Linux 12.10 is coming fast and furious as the software’s October release date approaches, but it seems fair to say that not even the project’s Secure Boot plans have been as ...

Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, revealed today that it has established a revenue sharing agreement with Yahoo. As part of the deal, the Firefox Web browser that is ...