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Months ago, Canonical unveiled Ubuntu for phones and Ubuntu for tablets, shortly followed by Mir and UnityNext, modern innovative bundle of software that is to position Ubuntu as a no-compromise globally-scaled full-of-features operating system on all the world's relevant form factors.

Comic Seer is a fast, intuitive and powerful comics reader, presenting itself as a handy manner of digesting CBR and CBZ comics formats, as well as organizing comics and exposing useful functionalities (such as, 1-click away magnifier while reading/viewing comics).

Comic Seer has been updated to version 2.0, introducing various refinements and enhanced file sorting support.

Since the beginning of 2013 (when Canonical announced Ubuntu Touch), a significant amount of third-party developers has created interesting Ubuntu SDK-based applications, enriching and beautifying the Ubuntu world with games, converters, utilities, tools, etc.

Simultaneously, the Ubuntu developers have prepared and solidified the app development road with example-based instructions (constantly updated), how-tos, etc, as well as pushing professional-level designs into the open.

Nuvola Player is a handy music player that centers powerful online services into an integrated-into-the-desktop interface.

Google Music, Grooveshark, Hype Machine are among the services supported by Nuvola Player, allowing users to browse, search for and enjoy millions and millions of tracks.

Along with coders, communicators, directors, etc, Ubuntu (Canonical) houses a team of experienced versatile designers, team designing, polishing and refining Ubuntu components.

Months ago, the Ubuntu designers announced the guidance of the core apps of Ubuntu Touch, in the sense of providing designs for Weather, Calendar, Clock, etc, designs then materialized by coders.

Weather, Calculator, Clock, Facebook are among the currently-in-progress applications developed under the umbrella of Ubuntu Touch Core Apps, official project aimed at creating, polishing and refining a set of default apps for Ubuntu Touch (with the possibility for the apps to be used by hardware manufacturers interested in adopting Ubuntu Touch).

Across the latest years, Canonical has created new and new links between Ubuntu and globally-scaled entities, entities such as banking systems, supermarkets, state departments, as well as top-of-the-line IT companies.

Among the massive amount of companies having relationships with Canonical, Dell is a first class citizen, in the sense of adopting Ubuntu via a full-spectrum relationship.

Gaming desktops, developer-specific laptops (Sputnik, the 1080p Sputnik 2, etc) come to draw a close tight collaboration between Dell and Canonical.

April 25th 2013, Ubuntu 13.04 final sees its release, allowing millions of users to enjoy a solid, fast and optimized Ubuntu release.

Shortly after, Mark Shuttleworth announced the name for Ubuntu 13.10, namely, Saucy Salamander, development codename immediately paired with the start on developing the now-in-progress Ubuntu cycle.

Moreover, Saucy Salamander's daily builds are now available for download, thus interested users are able to test Saucy and its contained software.

20 million users are currently using Ubuntu, powerful, solid and versatile operating system that offers security, stability, speed and reliability to users located from Brazil to Russia, India and China.

Moreover, Ubuntu is actually a family of OSes, in the sense of being expressed in multiple flavors with specific functionalities and features, as in the case of Ubuntu Server.

FLISOL is one of the biggest events aimed at spreading free (libre) software in Latin America, event's attendees spreading, explaining and installing free software simultaneously in numerous countries.

As FLISOL participants, there are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela, essentially, a massive number of involved countries.