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Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.


Canonical
28 June 2011

Ubuntu Billboards: Design on a Grand Scale

Ubuntu Design

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 airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil and the Fórum Internacional Software Livre (International Free Software Forum) venue where Canonical and Ubuntu have a stand for FISL 2011: ...


Canonical
23 June 2011

Kashmiri Arabic script – questions, questions…

Ubuntu Design

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 doing a lot of background work investigating language support, and thus defining a glyph set. This work has led us to have aprox. another 1,000 glyphs in the font supporting languages su ...


Canonical
7 June 2011

Ubuntu Software Center adds Braid

Ubuntu Desktop

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. Every puzzle in the game is unique. The puzzles give your mind a workout. The player is able to alter reality in the form of manipulation of ...


Canonical
2 June 2011

Family Farm game in Ubuntu

Ubuntu Desktop

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 game for the whole family where your job is to build up your farm. You start with a small farm and two workers, ...


Canonical
2 June 2011

ASUS new Eee PC now available with Ubuntu operating system

Desktop News

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. The Eee PC, has a slim, lightweight, compact design with stunning graphics and sound quality. With up to nine hours’ battery life it is it suitable for work, play ...


Canonical
1 June 2011

Mobica adopting Ubuntu Core for embedded device development

Desktop News

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 embedded devices such as In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems, set top boxes, smart TV and digital devices for the home. Mobica, providers of high-end software development and integration ...


Canonical
1 June 2011

Pelagicore signs up to Ubuntu Core for in-vehicle infotainment development

Desktop News

London June 1st, 2011: Open source automotive infotainment development specialists, Pelagicore has adopted Canonical’s Ubuntu Core to build new embedded experiences based on broad architecture and open source technologies for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems. Ubuntu Core is a sub-set of Ubuntu technologies suited for the next generat ...


Canonical
31 May 2011

Celebrate Ubuntu!

Ubuntu Design

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 and love of Ubuntu. As you can see from the notes there were a lot of ideas and one of the first activities was to ...


Canonical
25 May 2011

Ubuntu Showcase, Computex: May 31st

Ubuntu Desktop

Next week, Canonical will present an executive briefing on developments in Ubuntu Desktop, Cloud and Server. Christopher Kenyon, Canonical EVP, will be sharing developments in Ubuntu, including: Introducing Ubuntu 11.04 with critically acclaimed interfaces and developer APIs How phone manufacturers are delivering converged devices like th ...


Canonical
25 May 2011

Ivanka, quo vadis?

Ubuntu Design

On the 1st of June 2011 I will be departing these shores on an extended honeymoon with my husband of almost 3 months! I am taking what I believe is officially called ‘a career break’. We will be traveling from the top to the bottom of the world on a motorbike. (Yes, one motorbike. No, ...


Canonical
20 May 2011

Open source: an educated decision

Desktop White paper

In this white paper, we de-bunk the myths that proprietary companies have built up to discredit open-source technology, explaining how it can help schools, colleges and universities reduce costs, improve IT performance, and prepare students more effectively for the world of work. ...


Canonical
18 May 2011

Here we go again!

Ubuntu Design

Every 6 months the Ubuntu journey starts anew. Those of us entering yet another cycle assume that this all makes sense to the outside world but I like to post up dates on the wall in the office and write a blog post to give those new to the project, and some not so new, ...