Canonical abandon Yahoo Ubuntu10.04 restart Google as the default search tool

Ubuntu developer Canonical said that Ubuntu 10.04, its latest operating system, will abandon the use of Yahoo search engine as the default search tool, and Google's search engine will be re-enabled. Canonical announced in January this year that it would select Yahoo search engine as the default search tool for its new product. Canonical once said that choosing Yahoo as the default search tool for the Ubuntu operating system is part of the entire revenue sharing transaction between the two sides. The revenue produced by this cooperation solution will help

Ubuntu developer Canonical said its latest operating system, Ubuntu 10.04, will abandon the use of Yahoo search engine as the default search tool, and Google's search engine will be re-enabled.

Canonical announced in May that it would use Yahoo search engine as the default search tool for its new product. Canonical once said that choosing Yahoo as the default search tool in the Ubuntu operating system is part of the entire revenue sharing transaction between the two sides, the revenue from this cooperation scheme "will help Canonical to provide financial assistance to software developers, so as to continue the development of Ubuntu operating system and Ubuntu Platform."

Rick Spencer, Engineering Manager of the Ubuntu Desktop team at Canonical, announced on Wednesday that, after considering a series of factors such as "user experience, user preferences, Ubuntu costs and benefits, browsers, and other projects, the company decided that its next-generation operating system Ubuntu 10.04 would re-use Google's search engine as the default search tool, and the Yahoo Search Engine solution would be abandoned.

Spencer did not give the specific reason for making the above decision, but said: "We are not willing to repeat the selection of search engine providers. However, the changes in the current environment exceed our expectation ." Spencer also pointed out that the development of Ubuntu 10.04 will be completed in as short as possible.