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16 January 2013

Behind the scenes: Notes

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

With the recent reveal of Ubuntu on phones, and now the release of an example “Notes” application and toolkit , we thought this would be a great opportunity to share a summary of the process we went through for the design of the application itself. Why it is needed There has been a lot of research ...

Canonical
9 January 2013

Viva Ubuntu!

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Wow! How do you know you’ve made something great? Some good indicators are press coverage, an award and a visit by Will.i.am. The first day at CES showed that the mobile industry and many, many (no, really!), many people are impressed and intrigued by Ubuntu for the phone. 1. Amazing interest Online, on the first ...

Canonical
7 January 2013

What are the management factors in planning a migration from Windows to Ubuntu?

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Best of our webinars – (From the Ubuntu: The Desktop of the Future webinar @ 29.25 min) ANSWER Large scale migrations from Windows to Linux desktop can be done well. But some very ambitious projects to move to an open source desktop have run aground because the complexity has been too great for the organisation to manage ...

Inayaili de León Persson
3 January 2013

Designing the new Ubuntu for phone pages

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

As you’ve probably seen, Canonical has just announced Ubuntu on phones. We’re all very excited about it, especially since so many of us have been working hard on this project. Here’s an insight into the design of the new phone pages on ubuntu.com. Deciding what to say The tricky part when designing pages to show ...

Jane Silber
2 January 2013

It’s official: Ubuntu now fits phones

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Today we’re announcing our latest and, in my opinion, our most important ever product: Ubuntu is coming to the phone.   When we began developing Unity a few years ago, the aim was to create a single family of interfaces that work the same way on different devices. This means that unlike most of our ...

Canonical
2 January 2013

Ubuntu comes to the phone, with a beautifully distilled interface and a unique full PC capability when docked

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Leading open PC platform with huge global following announces mobile version for network operators, OEMs and silicon vendors Fast, beautiful interface for entry level smartphones Unique PC experience on superphones when docked with a monitor, keyboard and mouse Ubuntu raises the bar for mobile UI design, for richer and more immersive apps ...

Canonical
19 December 2012

Four new hot indie games arrive in Ubuntu Software Center

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The Humble Indie Bundle 7 is in the Ubuntu Software Center and just in time for some holiday gaming. The masterful indie games coming to Ubuntu this time are Closure, Shank 2, Snapshot and Legend of Grimrock. These games debut in Ubuntu thanks to the Humble Indie Bundle 7 which is our favorite cross platform, ...

Canonical
14 December 2012

Top 10 questions about Ubuntu

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

It’s the end of the year, we met with lots of people from all around the world, at various conferences and events and wherever they were from and whatever their role in IT was, the same questions always seem to come back. So we thought we’d list the top 10 questions we get, here, for ...

nickbarcet
12 December 2012

To prepare for the hybrid future, try OpenStack now

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Nigel Beighton, International VP of Technology, Rackspace Cloud computing is changing everything we know. Immense mathematical problems like the sequencing of the human genome and the discovery of the Higgs Boson simply wouldn’t have been solved without access to massive computing power, precisely when it was needed. Closer to home, the m ...

Mark Baker
10 December 2012

Juju GUI for visual cloud orchestration

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

As clouds for IT infrastructure become commonplace, admins and devops need quick, easy ways of deploying and orchestrating cloud services.  As we mentioned in October, Ubuntu now has a GUI for Juju, the service orchestration tool for server and cloud. In this post we wanted to expand a bit more on how Juju makes it ...

Canonical
7 December 2012

Searching in the Dash in Ubuntu 13.04

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The Ubuntu 12.10 release saw the Dash take another important step towards fulfilling its intended purpose of being an online, global search tool that helps users find anything, instantly, right from their home environment. There are a number of exciting improvements planned for 13.04 that will make the Dash more comprehensive, more online ...

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