Buying additional storage space or purchasing an on-the-go music streaming subscription from Ubuntu One has just gotten easier.

The Canonical-owned service has added support for payment by PayPal to the checkout options for all of its packages.

Paypal is one of the worlds most popular online payment methods, with over 100 million active accounts in 190 markets and 25 currencies.

The Ubuntu Software Center gained PayPal support last December.

Despite the criticisms often levelled against PayPal there is no getting away from its near-ubiquitous reach that, in many instances, is the only digital payment option for many web users.