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Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.

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3 March 2011

Introducing Overlay Scrollbars in Unity

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One of our goals in the Unity design effort is maximising immersion in content, and reducing the amount of chrome and clutter needed around that content. Unity’s new Overlay Scrollbars are a small but important detail in this bigger picture. Problem Today’s scrollbars are optimized for cursor driven UI but they became easily unnecessary a ...

Canonical
2 March 2011

Ubuntu, the cloud OS

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We made a small flurry of announcements last week, all of which were related to cloud computing. I think it is worthwhile to put some context around Ubuntu and the cloud and explain a little more about where we are with this critical strategic strand for our beloved OS. First of all, the announcements. We ...

Canonical
17 February 2011

Legislators in Kerala, India work better with Ubuntu laptops

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Tens of thousands of dollars saved on software licensing Summary The Government of Kerala wanted to provide 141 members of its legislative assembly with new laptop computers to help increase productivity and collaboration. Working with Canonical partner Zyxware Technologies and the active support of the Free Software Community in Trivandr ...

Canonical
16 February 2011

Thunderbird in the Usability Lab!

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 I have just completed sessions of usability testing of Thunderbird. This time, I had the pleasure of working with Andreas Nilsson, who came to London to observe the sessions. It was very useful to get his feedback and to work collaboratively with him on the analysis and implications of the findings. In addition to ...

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16 February 2011

DanRabbit on the Ubuntu One Desktop

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Hey Ubuntu One and Design fans! This is my first post here, and I have to say I feel priveledged to be able to write to you all. Recently I’ve been working with the Ubuntu One team on the desktop syncing apps, and trying to give them some special attention. I feel like these apps ...

Canonical
14 February 2011

Happy Valentine’s Day

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11 February 2011

10 reasons to migrate

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The computing world is extremely polarised when it comes to proprietary vs. open source, and a million industry voices tell a million different stories. Even so, there are still very real differences between the two philosophies and technologies. This white paper focuses on just a few of them, giving you 10 great reasons to migrate ...

Canonical
10 February 2011

Canonical releases world’s most comprehensive, up-to-date component catalog for Linux

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Canonical today announced that for the first time it was making publicly available its complete database of certified components for Ubuntu and Linux — rapidly reducing the the time-to-market for Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) working on Ubuntu or Linux machines. The catalogue gives ODMs a selection of over 1300 certified components ...

Canonical
2 February 2011

Dell customers use Ubuntu to deploy cloud

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Canonical today announced the availability of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) running on Dell PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 servers in an integrated solution enabling Dell's U.S.-based customers to easily deploy Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). The standard edition released today allows software developers and IT organizations to run cloud p ...

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2 February 2011

Agora Games makes dramatic time and cost savings with Ubuntu

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Gaming company cuts server infrastructure by almost half with Ubuntu and VMware Summary Agora Games creates custom online gaming communities and develops video-game middleware. As a fast-growing company, Agora Games realised that it needed to implement a standardised infrastructure that could scale to meet growing demand. It worked with t ...

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26 January 2011

The Natty Wallpaper contest – an important update!

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Two weeks into our wallpaper contest we’re seeing lots of really interesting entries for the photographic part. As those of you who read the previous post about the contest will know we’re also reserving at least three places this release for non photographic wallpapers. The plan _was_ to use another site to manage these entries. ...

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