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Canonical
16 April 2013

Enterprise Cloud Computing with Ubuntu on Windows Azure

Ubuntu Cloud

The emergence of public cloud computing has changed the IT landscape for developers and enterprises, making it significantly easier and more cost effective to develop and deploy new applications, services and infrastructure. Enterprises can choose among cloud providers to meet their needs for performance, features, price and flexibility t ...


Spring cleaning ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Design

Yesterday we’ve launched an updated version of ubuntu.com, which we hope will improve navigation throughout the site and provide visitors with a better understanding of what Ubuntu is. Research is an important part of what we do, and this update isn’t an exception. The improvements we have made in terms of content and structure of ...


Canonical
12 April 2013

Core utility apps visual exploration

Ubuntu Featured

Hi everyone, following our process post last week I’m excited to share the first round of visual exploration for three of our core utility apps; clock, weather and calendar (calculator and an updated notepad soon too I promise!). It is important to note that this is still an early stage in the design process. Our ...


Canonical
11 April 2013

Ubuntu makes a splash in media

Phone and tablet Article

The Chinese government has selected Canonical’s Ubuntu as the basis for a new reference architecture for a Chinese OS in order to provide a flexible, open, widely-used and standardised operating system. Moreover, The China Software and Integrated Chip Promotions Centre (CSIP), Canonical and the National University of Defense Technology (N ...


Canonical
11 April 2013

Rapid progress keeps development on target

Phone and tablet Article

An interview with Richard Collins, product manager for Ubuntu phones. ...


Canonical
11 April 2013

The design vision for Ubuntu

Phone and tablet Article

An interview with Marcus Haslam, head of brand and visual design at Canonical. ...


Canonical
9 April 2013

Moonshot: a milestone in hyperscale

Ubuntu News

Hyperscale will completely change the way enterprises design, deploy and manage servers ...


Canonical
5 April 2013

Core utility apps process update

Ubuntu Notes

Well done to everyone working on the core utility apps – we’ve made amazing progress so let’s celebrate that! We all want to see what’s coming up so here’s a summary of where we have been, where we are now and where we are going in our design process. Right hand side image : our ...


Canonical
26 March 2013

App patterns applied: weather key journeys

Ubuntu Notes

These last few weeks we have looked at the concepts behind our ritual apps, and explored key journeys for each. Now it is the turn of the weather app! Sitting down with visual design (visual designs coming soon, watch this space!), we fleshed out the original weather concept to explore how it will meet the user ...


Good Ubuntu books?

Ubuntu Notes

A few weeks ago we received a copy of the “No Starch Press” book “Ubuntu Made Easy”, by Rickford Grant with Phil Bull. The book’s main goal – which we fully approve of! – is to introduce Ubuntu to newcomers by taking readers through the various projects, with step-by-step instructions which demonstrate how to do ...


Canonical
23 March 2013

Three main types of user behaviour found in ubuntu.com testing

Ubuntu User Experience

Understanding user behaviour through user research is an integral part of our design process. In the last ubuntu.com website testing, some insights surfaced about user behaviour, which could help to shape a great user experience for our website. We share the three mains ones here. They have been much discussed in the UX, and the ...