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116 posts from 2011
That’s it, we’re quitting
By Matthew Paul Thomas, 7 March 2011
The “Quit” command in applications today is a relic from the days when the original Macintosh had no hard disk and couldn’t multitask. Modern applications...
Ayatana overlay scrollbars: something truly Natty
By Mark Shuttleworth, 3 March 2011
Natty will feature a world first – overlay scrollbars in desktop applications. The goal is to put content first and banish chrome, while still paying...
Introducing Overlay Scrollbars in Unity
By Canonical, 3 March 2011
One of our goals in the Unity design effort is maximising immersion in content, and reducing the amount of chrome and clutter needed around that content....
Ubuntu, the cloud OS
By Canonical, 2 March 2011
We made a small flurry of announcements last week, all of which were related to cloud computing. I think it is worthwhile to put some context around Ubuntu...
Legislators in Kerala, India work better with Ubuntu laptops
By Canonical, 17 February 2011
Tens of thousands of dollars saved on software licensing Summary The Government of Kerala wanted to provide 141 members of its legislative assembly with new...
Thunderbird in the Usability Lab!
By Canonical, 16 February 2011
I have just completed sessions of usability testing of Thunderbird. This time, I had the pleasure of working with Andreas Nilsson, who came to London to...
DanRabbit on the Ubuntu One Desktop
By Canonical, 16 February 2011
Hey Ubuntu One and Design fans! This is my first post here, and I have to say I feel priveledged to be able to write to you all. Recently I’ve been working...
Happy Valentine’s Day
By Canonical, 14 February 2011
10 reasons to migrate
By Canonical, 11 February 2011
The computing world is extremely polarised when it comes to proprietary vs. open source, and a million industry voices tell a million different stories. Even...
Canonical releases world’s most comprehensive, up-to-date component catalog for Linux
By Canonical, 10 February 2011
Canonical today announced that for the first time it was making publicly available its complete database of certified components for Ubuntu and Linux —...
Dell releases OpenManage 6.4 for Ubuntu
By nickbarcet, 3 February 2011
In the spring of 2010, members of the Ubuntu development team worked with Dell to build and test OpenManage 6.3 for Ubuntu. Several of our engineers took...
Canonical joins the OpenStack community
By nickbarcet, 3 February 2011
OpenStack today have made a number of announcements about the Bexar release of their cloud stack and we were delighted to be able to confirm its inclusion in...