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Victor Tuson Palau
7 March 2012

Improving Hardware Support in Ubuntu

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Anthony Wong, Project Technical Lead at Canonical, presented our process for improving hardware support in Ubuntu at our 2011 Hardware Summit.  He did such a good job that I asked him to distill the essence of his presentation into a blog post. This is what he had to say: Ubuntu has always been dedicated to ...

Canonical
6 March 2012

Choosing, moving, wallpapers

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All the way back in January we kicked off the submissions process for the next released of Ubuntu. We did this using Flickr and since then the group has been inundated with over 2,700 submissions! This is an incredible achievement in a reasonably short time and many of the entries are looking great. Charline, on ...

Canonical
5 March 2012

Notes from the Mobile World Congress 2012

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Ubuntu and Canonical had a very strong presence at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The main attraction was our Ubuntu for Android prototype that was published just a week earlier. The beautiful cubic pavilion also housed the Ubuntu TV demo, Ubuntu One, and our established desktop and cloud offerings. The booth attracted a ...

Canonical
2 March 2012

About Usability Testing – Recruiting

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Every three months, I conduct benchmark usability testing.  I’m calling these tests ‘benchmark testing’ because the aim of these sessions is to measure our progress towards achieving a great user experience with Ubuntu.  Last testing took place in October 2011.  I am now preparing for testing 12.04 to take place a couple of weeks from ...

Canonical
2 March 2012

Testing, testing, testing. It prints!

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Back in 2008 Nick Ellery noticed that the default printer test page used more ink that it really needed to: Bug #298935 (“test print uses far too much ink”). Millions and millions of these pages get printed every year, so any saving in ink will be amplified. In addition, it still had the pre-2010 Ubuntu ...

Canonical
1 March 2012

Ubuntu for Android success at Mobile World Congress

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The Ubuntu booth at Mobile World Congress has been a resounding success. In the first two days of the show alone, over 4,000 delegates visited the stand to see the first live views of Ubuntu for Android. The reception has been overwhelmingly positive among hardware manufacturers and operators, and indeed among hundreds of individuals and ...

Canonical
26 February 2012

Canonical to showcase 'Ubuntu for Android' at MWC in Barcelona

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Mobile World Congress begins tomorrow, and for the first time, Canonical has a presence at the show. Further to our announcement earlier this week, for the first time in public, we will be showcasing the brand new concept ‘Ubuntu for Android’. Ubuntu for Android is the world’s first full-featured desktop on a docked smartphone. You ...

Canonical
21 February 2012

Ubuntu for Android at MWC: world’s first full-featured desktop on a do

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Carry less, do a lot more. All the productivity and apps of the full Ubuntu desktop, built into your Android phone. Canonical today unveiled Ubuntu for Android, bringing the world’s favourite free desktop experience to multi-core Android smartphones docked with a keyboard and monitor. Use Android on the phone and Ubuntu as your desktop, b ...

Canonical
21 February 2012

Enterprise Cloud Strategy: Six Near-Future Scenarios You Need to Consider Today

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The future of enterprise cloud computing remains uncertain. But if you’re thinking about the best way to make it happen in your organisation, our latest guide is for you.This new, free ebook will show you why Ubuntu is the ideal platform for the enterprise cloud. It takes a look at six technology-driven scenarios that may ...

Canonical
20 February 2012

Sound theme results

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First of all, thank you all for your feedback in both the blog post and, most importantly, the survey. Over 2000 surveys were completed, which is amazing. We are really quite overwhelmed with the encouraging feedback received at this stage, so I thought it worth sharing some of the highlights.  Quotes It almost spells out ...

Canonical
16 February 2012

The Unity design process (and how you can play a part in it)

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How is Unity designed?  How can I contribute to this process?  Why did you make thus and such decision? The Unity Design Team is frequently asked these questions, and this article aims to de-mystify our design process and highlight the different ways in which volunteer contributions can help improve the Ubuntu user experience. Before divi ...

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