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Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.

Canonical
10 August 2010

The first milestone

Ubuntu Design

As work on the font continues we thought it would be good to get some insight from the people working on developing it. In the first of these posts, Bruno Maag explains where the team are and what’s coming. ...

Canonical
9 August 2010

Why would you give your music away for free?

Ubuntu Design

Photo (cc) Matt McGeeYou’re an up and coming band. You’re gonna get signed soon. You’ll get played on the radio. You’ll tour the world. You’re gonna teach Nigel Godrich and Brian Eno a thing or two in the studio. You’re gonna have so…so many group ...

Canonical
9 August 2010

60 and still going strong!

Ubuntu Development

We hit another important milestone today! Find out what pesky papercuts have been resolved! ...

Canonical
9 August 2010

An Update to the Ubuntu Light Themes

Ubuntu Design

One of our key objectives when we started conceptualising the new themes was their ability to be immediately recognisable as Ubuntu, even if represented as a small screenshot. As easily recognised as when it used to be brown – but not that brown… the incarnation that we initially launched was a bold new statement: a ...

Canonical
6 August 2010

This week in design – 6 August 2010

Ubuntu Design

The latest in news from the design team and our work on fonts, research, exciting visions of the future of our favourite desktop and a chance for YOU to get involved in the world of Ubuntu! ...

Canonical
6 August 2010

Font Friday

Ubuntu Notes

It’s Font Friday – read all about it! ...

Canonical
2 August 2010

Ubuntu Needs a New Sound Theme

Ubuntu Design

After the success of the wallpaper competition, and with theFree Culture Showcase’s growing momentum, we are turning our attention to Ubuntu’s sound theme. Since we’re moving towards visually a slicker desktop theme, we’d like the sounds to fiti ...

Canonical
30 July 2010

This week in design – 30 July 2010

Ubuntu Design

This week we’ve been to GUADEC, researched Shotwell and released an update to the new font! And it’s nearly the end of July?! When did that happen?! ...

Canonical
30 July 2010

Ubuntu Font Beta: now with added Bold

Ubuntu Notes

I am happy to announce that we have just updated the Ubuntu Font Beta ppa. Enjoy! ...

Canonical
30 July 2010

Design by enthusiasm

Ubuntu Design

As many of you are most probably aware I work for Canonical and some of my blog posts from here are syndicated to design.canonical.com. I was asked a rather interesting question on that blog and partly due to the impatience of the asker decided to respond by way of a post. My other motivation for ...

Canonical
27 July 2010

Guadec Day 2: In pursuit of critical mass

Ubuntu Design

Today I was reminded of this quote by Jane Goodall: If everyone could think a little bit about small choices they make every day: What do you eat, does it result in animal cruelty? What do you wear, how was it made, does it damage the environment? When people start thinking like that they do ...

Canonical
26 July 2010

Guadec Day 1

Ubuntu Design

This week I am at Guadec in Den Haag. For those less familiar with working on open-source projects Guadec is the annual gathering of developers, users and businesses primarily focused on GNOME. GNOME, for those of you who don’t know is the core desktop element of Ubuntu. Explanations for the uninitiated now delivered, I will ...

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