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IT Associate

My overall experience with ubuntu has been very positive. the operating system is stable lightweight, and performs consistently well for both everyday tasks and development work. I appreciate it's clean interface, fraquent security updates, and stong community support.

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Even though we have to use it on a daily basis, I really hate working with Ubuntu as a base OS. It is just awful. It claims to be safer, but you still need to get a security system. It claims to be easy to use, but programs are not fully compatible and you need to get an emulator to make t work. Plus, you need to get several dependencies to install one single program. I really don't recommend to have this OS to anyone. Linux still being old linux that works with specific things, that's it.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

I used ubuntu for more than 4 years as my main operating system for the software developement. this is stable, secure, and fast environment for backend development, servers, and daily work. Ubuntu help me to achive this because its lightweight, reliable, and faster. updates come regular bases and installation is simple. Overall, its made my development work easy and smoother and productive.

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Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, provides open source security, support and services. Our portfolio covers critical systems, from the smallest devices to the largest clouds, from the kernel to containers, from databases to AI. With customers that include top tech brands, emerging startups, governments and home users, Canonical delivers trusted open source for everyone. 

We deliver open source to the world faster,  more securely and more cost effectively than any other company.

We're also the publishers of Ubuntu, the world‚Äôs most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000+ contributors. 
Ubuntu means 'humanity to others'‚Äã. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation.

Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers.

Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - this is the future of open source, which is why we're proud to be the developers of the fastest growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.

If you're interested in a career at Canonical, we are a remote-first company so please apply to any suitable role as skills are valued more than location, despite some having a preferred geographic preference. 

www.ubuntu.com 

Canonical is an organization that focuses on providing secure, cost-effective, and rapid delivery of open source solutions globally. Notable for being the publishers of Ubuntu, a widely adopted enterprise Linux, the company serves from cloud computing to edge computing needs. Ubuntu is recognized for its broad impact, running on minimal connected devices to substantial mainframes, and offering the platform which is extensively used in public cloud. Also, it powers the workstation environment of myriad developers. Known for its security, reliability, elegant design, and intuitive functioning, it is open for innovation. Canonical has grown to become extremely significant in the Linux deployment sector worldwide. Although headquartered internationally, it operates under a remote-first policy.

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