Ubuntu source code appears to be safe; however Canonical is investigating.

MapR and Canonical announced a partnership to put the MapR Hadoop distribution on Ubuntu. The company also put its source code on GitHub.

Just because Ubuntu Server is open source (and free to download), businesses need not worry about a lack of support. You can purchase enterprise-grade support for the platform.

The GitHub account of Canonical Ltd., the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, was hacked over the weekend on July 6.