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222 posts from 2010
Vote now for a more supportive future!
By Canonical, 14 July 2010
Evan, seen lurking here in the background, has a favour to ask. Stackoverflow is a website that allows professional and enthusiast developers to ask questions...
Canonical and the Ubuntu UK community invite you to the “Ubuntu In Business” event on July 13th in central London
By Canonical, 13 July 2010
A new kind of tech event sees advocates combine to bring the open-source message direct to UK businesses Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, and the Ubuntu...
Ubuntu font: what the glyph!
By Canonical, 8 July 2010
Having read some of the comments and bugs I thought it might be useful to add some clarification on a couple of terms. What we have released so far is only...
The Ubuntu Font Family
By Canonical, 7 July 2010
Ladies and Gentlemen, Today we are kicking off the Ubuntu Font BETA testing. This is a happy day! Today all Ubuntu Members will have access to a private PPA...
Never judge a book by its cover!
By Canonical, 6 July 2010
Ubuntu Software Center has amazing improvements lined-up for Maverick Meerkat and early alpha adopters are highly excited about the progress. However, what is...
Showcase to celebrate ‘Art in the Open’ bringing contributors’ work to millions
By Canonical, 2 July 2010
Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase calls all artists to contribute to next version of Ubuntu Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, today announced its...
Help wanted: Testing programs that use the notification area
By Matthew Paul Thomas, 30 June 2010
We have a list of dozens of Ubuntu programs that use the notification area. What we need now is a description of how each of them use it.
Doing the Polka (dot), step by step
By Canonical, 30 June 2010
Anyone who has seen the new visual identity for Ubuntu and Canonical probably noticed the marketing material includes several stunning images created of...
Discussing Unity in Linux Format
By Canonical, 28 June 2010
Issue 134 (August, 2010) of Linux Format magazine contains an interview by Jono Bacon in which I discuss Unity and other related topics. Below are the...
More tickets released for Ubuntu in Business event in London
By Canonical, 24 June 2010
Canonical and the Ubuntu UK community have joined forces to host and promote an ‘Ubuntu in Business‘ event in Brick Lane, London on July 13th – and it’s...
Art in the open
By Canonical, 23 June 2010
Are you a musician? Do you make beautiful illustrative wallpapers? Do you take amazing photographs? Do you make clever and inspiring videos or animations? You...
Introduction to Unity Launcher
By Canonical, 23 June 2010
This article illustrates briefly the main functionalities of the Launcher for Ubuntu Netbook Edition (aka Unity) and how we got there. Don’t miss the video!