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116 posts from 2011
Ubuntu Billboards: Design on a Grand Scale
By Canonical, 28 June 2011
It’s been five years since people spotted the last Ubuntu billboards in the wild. This time Mauricio Pretto sent a set of photographs of driving between the...
Kashmiri Arabic script – questions, questions…
By Canonical, 23 June 2011
We are now putting the two complex scripts Hebrew and Arabic together. Although the basic design of the Arabic was finalised some months ago we have been...
Sharing Ubuntu with the world
By Inayaili de León Persson, 17 June 2011
We all know Ubuntu is great, but we want even more people to know just how great. With this in mind, we thought we’d give the visitors of ubuntu.com the tools...
Ubuntu Software Center adds Braid
By Canonical, 7 June 2011
Braid is the newest addition to the Ubuntu Software Center. Braid is a really cool puzzle game where the player manipulates the flow of time to solve puzzles....
Britain's Got Talent and The Cabinet Office – Ubuntu bedfellows in the public cloud.
By Mark Baker, 6 June 2011
Last week saw the culmination of one of the UK’s most popular TV shows – Britain’s Got Talent. The way in which this show over five series has captured the...
Family Farm game in Ubuntu
By Canonical, 2 June 2011
We added Family Farm to the Software Center last week and I took a few hours (of non-work time!) to have a look at it. Summary is that it’s a fun simulation...
ASUS new Eee PC now available with Ubuntu operating system
By Canonical, 2 June 2011
LONDON, June 2nd, 2011: Canonical, the sponsor of the Ubuntu project, today announces that Ubuntu is now available pre-loaded on the new ASUS Eee PC series....
Mobica adopting Ubuntu Core for embedded device development
By Canonical, 1 June 2011
Mobica is partnering with Canonical in the adoption of Ubuntu Core, a sub-set of Ubuntu technologies suited for the next generation of Internet-enabled...
Pelagicore signs up to Ubuntu Core for in-vehicle infotainment development
By Canonical, 1 June 2011
London June 1st, 2011: Open source automotive infotainment development specialists, Pelagicore has adopted Canonical’s Ubuntu Core to build new embedded...
Celebrate Ubuntu!
By Canonical, 31 May 2011
At UDS in Budapest we held a session on the idea of a toolkit for community members. It would allow anyone excited enough to show off and celebrate their use...
Ubuntu Showcase, Computex: May 31st
By Canonical, 25 May 2011
Next week, Canonical will present an executive briefing on developments in Ubuntu Desktop, Cloud and Server. Christopher Kenyon, Canonical EVP, will be...