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Jane Silber
21 October 2009

Keeping Ubuntu CDs available

Ubuntu Canonical News

The ShipIt program has been at the core of the Ubuntu project since its inception. The goal was to make sure that there are no restrictions, as far as was possible, to people having access to Ubuntu. In the last five years we have shipped millions of CDs and seen Ubuntu’s popularity and reach grow ...


Canonical
6 October 2009

What's new in Ubuntu One

Ubuntu Ubuntu One

The Ubuntu One beta is going very well. We have appreciated every bug, IRC message, Launchpad Answers question, and Ubuntu Forums post about the service since the beta launch in early May. This community feedback has been extremely important to the decisions we make and have made in developing the service. With the release of ...


Canonical
29 September 2009

On the Ubuntu 9.10 default wallpaper

Ubuntu Design

The first thing I did after installing Ubuntu 9.04 was to head straight for the Appearance settings to choose a desktop picture. Here’s what I was offered:Naturally, a panic ensued while I tried to work out how to synchronise filesystems between OS X a ...


Canonical
29 September 2009

So.. I got this new job..

Ubuntu Design

I always planned to make my millions and then spend them philanthropically, on a technological venture. Nanotech, bioengineering or artificial intelligence – some scientific enterprise for the benefit of humankind. Earlier this year, when the credit cr ...


Canonical
28 September 2009

It’s a typewriter too!

Ubuntu Design

Everyday Linux from Linux Eats, via Ivanka.This is a great sign. ...


Canonical
25 September 2009

Ubuntu Karmic desktop

Ubuntu Design

Yesterday was a big day for the Karmic desktop. Lots of pieces came together like switching icon themes, colour changes in the UI, a new dark theme for GDM, a new default background and, 19 photos chosen from the flickr group we started earlier this ye ...


Canonical
20 September 2009

Installing applications. There _is_ already a better way

Ubuntu Design

I read with interest an article over at daringfireball.net which pointed to a Mozilla piece about the complexities of installing applications on the Mac. For those not in the know the way that you install software on the Mac is that you typically get a disk image as a download. When you download this your ...


Canonical
18 September 2009

First Ubuntu Hardware Summit in Taiwan a great success

Ubuntu Partners

The inaugural Ubuntu Hardware Summit in Taipei came to an end on Tuesday evening with over 170 delegates in attendance. This was the first time a major Linux OSV has run this type of event in Taiwan, generating real excitement in the press beforehand (some sample coverage for those who read Chinese). The show was ...


Canonical
18 September 2009

An On-line Panel Discussion – The Convergence of Physical, Virtual and Cloud

Ubuntu Server

The cloud is getting a lot of attention. Understandably and rightly so – it is one of the hottest topics around. An on-line panel discussion on how businesses can incorporate cloud computing into their existing datacenter operations will take place in a webinar hosted by rPath on 24 September 2009. You’ll hear from the some ...


Canonical
11 September 2009

Unwatching the detail?

Ubuntu Design

Big problem just about every project I’ve ever worked on has been the rush to get something out the door. Estimates rarely stack up. Last minute changes and scope creep mean that there’s always more to do than was first thought. However, when it came to Apple’s software I was always impressed by the level ...


Canonical
3 September 2009

Canonical adds advanced Ubuntu service and support offering

Desktop News

Premium Service Engineer provides support for mission-critical and complex Ubuntu environments Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, announced today an advanced service and support offering that gives large enterprises with complex IT environments a highly-skilled, dedicated Canonical support professional. Premium Service Engi ...