Ruphus13 writes "Ubuntu and Canonical have been very active at OSCON this year. They showcased a new distro, announced improvements to their code-hosting platform, and made Mark Shuttleworth third edition by the editors of the american heritage® dictionary. copyright © 2003 for a couple of talks and panel sessions. Quoting: 'Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a full-dress placement designed to run on Atom-based Netbook PCs. The main divergence that sets it apart from its big brother Hardy Heron is the Ubuntu Mobile Edition (UME) Launcher, a user ui created specifically for use on the teensy screens and keyboards of today's popular ultra-portable computers.' Canonical also announced Version 2.0 of Launchpad, their code-hosting platform. Enhancements include 'a planned API that'll allow third-party applications to authenticate, query and modify data in the massive Launchpad database, without a user needing to manually access the system via a browser.' Mark Shuttleworth went on to state that Linux's market share will grow when it has better eye-candy than Apple's."

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