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Why do you use Ubuntu?

We’ve been looking at making developments to the Ubuntu website that explore and highlight the reasons for using Ubuntu above and beyond the features of the...

Happy Beta day everyone!

Happy Beta Release day one and all. If you’ve not yet upgraded surely now’s the time

Ubuntu default wallpaper

So, the default wallpaper… My initial vision: Seeing so many screenshots of the Ubuntu desktop during the second to last release all sporting identical...

Building Apps for the Cloud: How KnowledgeTree Used Ubuntu for Rapid Development of Its SaaS Offering

Would you like to find out about how Ubuntu is being deployed in the cloud space? Would you like to see how KnowledgeTree uses Ubuntu for its SaaS offering?...

Raw Photo Treatment Photos and More

I just uploaded a few examples of the “raw” photos taken recently at the Canonical London office. Hopefully some of these photos, when properly edited, will...

On being famous…

I called the registrar’s office the other day to ask a question. The person on the phone was very helpful and quickly answered my question. In order to do so,...

This week in design – 27 August 2010

Frozen in time (c) Alyssa Nicole via Flickr This week we caught a chill in the form of our UI Freeze. That meant that from here on we should only be fixing...

Boo-yah!!!

105 papercut bugs have been fixed in Maverick already! Read on to find out how you can help us clear even more.


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Second update to the Ubuntu Light themes

Hi guys I’m Andrea Cimitan! 😉 Sorry for the delay but here we are, with an abundance of updates for Ambiance and its complementary bright theme, Radiance! It...

This week in design – 20 August 2010

In honour of a comment made about design this week, we are rocking out as the heading to this weeks update on work in the design team. One area we’re rocking...

Meet Shinya Kimura

I was reminded of this video by a piece of music that came on shuffle as I was working. Splendid short film, beautiful colour, and that noise!

A true italic

In this latest post from Dalton Maag Lukas Paltram updates us on the development thinking that went into the italics in the new Ubuntu font family.

10.10.10.10.10…..

Here’s a way to show off your movie-making creative skills AND promote whatever you think the coolest things in 10.10 are: make a Maverick Movie!

Get your photos on millions of computers!

It’s that time again! We’ve been accepting submissions on the Ubuntu Artwork Flickr group for a while now but with the deadline fast approaching for Beta we...

Multi-touch Support Lands in Maverick

Canonical is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu’s multi-touch and gesture stack. With Ubuntu 10.10 (the Maverick Meerkat), users and developers will...

Gestures with multitouch in Ubuntu 10.10

Gestures are a powerful interaction language that will be as relevant for desktops as it is on phones and tablets. Ubuntu 10.10 has a gesture framework that...


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