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222 posts from 2010
Landscape 1.5 Released with new Enterprise Features
By Canonical, 26 May 2010
The number of subscribers to the Landscape Systems Management application has grown dramatically over the past year with much of this growth coming from...
The challenge of understanding icons
By Canonical, 26 May 2010
Icons are very peculiar images. They are both pictorial and functional. An icon is literally a picture, e.g., of a magnifying glass, and at the same time it...
Canonical adds advanced enterprise features to latest version of systems management tool
By Canonical, 25 May 2010
New 'Landscape' supports Ubuntu 10.04 LTS migration and cloud deployments for enterprises Canonical today announced the latest version of its Ubuntu-dedicated...
Colour management
By Canonical, 22 May 2010
I’ve been looking for a local store which offers a colour sprectromitor and chanced upon the spyder3. I have to say that it is a total let-down. It doesn’t...
Talk Type
By Marcus Haslam, 20 May 2010
At the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS), we invited Type Designer Bruno Maag from Dalton Maag to talk about the new open-source font design development...
Ubuntu Maverick UDS group photo made with the Hugin Panorama Creator
By Canonical, 17 May 2010
Due to the weather and the layout of the hotel grounds at the Ubuntu Developer Summit for 10.10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) it was impossible to take the group...
Opinions. Have them.
By Canonical, 12 May 2010
Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
So long already? Nah! :)
By Canonical, 10 May 2010
Today saw the start of the Ubuntu Developer Summit for our next release Maverick Meerkat. This sentiment on the final slide of Mark’s presentation will...
Hello, Unity
By Canonical, 10 May 2010
This is an early version of Unity, what will hopefully become the new interface for Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10:Unity comprises:A launcher that makes opening...
Unity, and Ubuntu Light
By Canonical, 10 May 2010
A few months ago we took on the challenge of building a version of Ubuntu for the dual-boot, instant-on market. We wanted to be surfing the web in under 10...
A unified menu bar for Ubuntu Netbook Edition
By Matthew Paul Thomas, 6 May 2010
Using a single menu bar at the top of the screen, instead of separate menu bars inside each window, seems like a pretty simple change. But it’s more complex...
Window indicators
By Mark Shuttleworth, 3 May 2010
“Windicators” are window indicators, on the right of the title bar, which follow the same pattern as the Ayatana indicators that Ubuntu uses on in the panel.