OEM services OEM services

 

Establish a rewarding business relationship with Ubuntu quickly and easily using Canonical's range of engagement models.

Our partner models provide consistent, industry-standard commercial and legal terms and are designed to grow our partners' profits through Ubuntu market penetration and ubiquity.

The three simple models for OEMs and the single model for ODMs all work under a clear master agreement and can be selected to suit your needs. All models offer the reassurance of our worldwide development staff in multiple time zones, strong project management and a significant presence in Taiwan and China.

 

  Basic Standard Premium
Redistribution
Hardware enablement  
Customization/Early adopter    

 

Download our datasheet explaining how to engage with Canonical and ship Ubuntu (pdf).

Basic OEM

Benefits

  • Quick time-to-market with the latest version of Ubuntu

  • Ubuntu global repository

  • Free updates and upgrades

  • Community and interaction with Launchpad account

  • Ubuntu-Ready trademark use for commercial distribution

Pricing based on annual unit volume commitment.

 

Standard OEM

Benefits

  • High-quality Ubuntu operating system image provided by Canonical’s OEM Services
  • Ubuntu global repository
  • Includes updates and upgrades
  • Ubuntu-Certified trademark use for commercial distribution

Scope of service

  • Hardware enablement
  • Consultation for component enablement, system configuration and hot-key mapping
  • Language pack pre-installation training
  • Packages review
  • Preliminary image review
  • ISO/recovery images
  • Third-party IP licensing available

Pricing based on annual unit volume commitment.

 

Premium OEM

Benefits

  • Access to the Ubuntu early-adopter features
  • Custom-built Ubuntu operating system image developed and delivered by Canonical OEM Services
  • Custom Ubuntu repository for applications, updates and upgrades, hosted by Canonical
  • Guaranteed maintenance for bug fixes and security updates
  • Ubuntu-Certified trademark use for commercial distribution

Scope of service

  • Component enablement, device-driver integration and system configuration
  • Language pack pre-installation
  • Branding and themes - logos, wallpaper
  • Third-party packages and licensing
  • Applications, fonts, media codecs
  • User interface development
  • Hosted update repository
  • ISO/recovery images
  • Licence-compatibility guidance
  • Quality assurance (QA) testing
  • Factory installation certification

Pricing based on scope of technical effort plus annual unit volume commitment. To find out more about the OEM programme - contact us

 

Services

Canonical offers a full range of commercial services to help businesses benefit from Ubuntu. Whether you need special engineering, support programmes or training, our team is here to help throughout the product life cycle.

Custom engineering

Companies around the world have discovered how they can benefit from Linux, a flexible and open-standards focused operating system. Our developers provide custom development services to help companies discover and benefit from that power themselves. From special versions of Ubuntu to architectural ports and full software development, our team of experts will deliver a solution to meet your engineering requirements.

Programmes

Our rigorous testing process ensures your hardware receives an official endorsement by the Ubuntu project, backed by a validation and testing process conducted by Canonical to ensure compatibility with Ubuntu.

Training

Businesses and organisations around the world are deploying Ubuntu on their servers and desktops and their employees require training. Our training programme offers classroom-based and web-based courses to help administrators and users obtain the necessary professional qualifications for Ubuntu. There are courses available to train OEM technical support organisations on end-user support requests. Further to this we provide developer training through events such as the Ubuntu Hardware Summits.