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Canonical
2 July 2010

Showcase to celebrate ‘Art in the Open’ bringing contributors’ work to millions

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase calls all artists to contribute to next version of Ubuntu Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, today announced its support for the Ubuntu Free Culture showcase. The showcase will offer artists, photographers, and musicians of every background the opportunity to have their work ship with Ubuntu 10. ...

Matthew Paul Thomas
30 June 2010

Help wanted: Testing programs that use the notification area

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

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. ...

Canonical
30 June 2010

Doing the Polka (dot), step by step

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Anyone who has seen the new visual identity for Ubuntu and Canonical probably noticed the marketing material includes several stunning images created of differently sized dots; inside the Ubuntu Lucid CD sleeve, on banners and such. What most probably ...

Canonical
28 June 2010

Discussing Unity in Linux Format

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

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 questions Jono asked me and my responses.How did you get started in Open Source?I had to build a UNIX shell and UNIX-like kernel for a university course on operating ...

Canonical
24 June 2010

More tickets released for Ubuntu in Business event in London

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

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 proving pretty popular. We sold out out initial allotment of 140 tickets but by rearranging things in the venue we can open up another 70 tickets. Tickets ...

Canonical
23 June 2010

Art in the open

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

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 may be interested in the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase. Do you make open-source tools for creating any of the above? I hope you will be interested in the Ubuntu Free ...

Canonical
23 June 2010

Introduction to Unity Launcher

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

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! ...

Canonical
22 June 2010

Open Season : Maverick

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

It’s back and it’s bigger than ever! It’s that time of the year again, time to start hunting down those nasty trivial Papercut bugs. Huh? Papercuts? To refresh your memory, a Paper cut is “a bug that will improve user experience if fixed, is small enough for users to become habituated to it, and is trivial ...

Canonical
14 June 2010

Ubuntu makes Opera 9 available for easy download and installation

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

After the launch of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Canonical is pleased to announce the availability of Opera 9 for Ubuntu. With just a few clicks of the mouse, all Ubuntu users can download and install the latest version of the Opera browser, which was released to critical acclaim on June 20. With its innovative technology and ...

Canonical
11 June 2010

When users first encounter Ubuntu: six showstoppers

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

We recently conducted usability testing to see how users respond to Ubuntu on their first encounter. Overall, first impressions are good.  Typical remarks include: “It is bold and different.” “Ubuntu is fresh and accessible ….” “This is good. People are getting tired of Windows.” What we were looking for during these sessions, however, we ...

Canonical
11 June 2010

Quickly Run with a Ctrl+R Keyboard Shortcut in Gedit

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

I’m all about workflow, so the first thing I wanted to do when trying quickly was to make sure I could hit a keyboard shortcut to build and run from within my editor.It was a bit fiddly, but here’s something that works:In Gedit go to Tools=>Mana ...

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