Blog posts written by Canonical

Canonical
22 June 2010

Open Season : Maverick

Notes Ubuntu

It’s back and it’s bigger than ever! It’s that time of the year again, time to start hunting down those nasty trivial Papercut bugs. Huh? Papercuts? To refresh your memory, a Paper cut is “a bug that will improve user experience if fixed, is small enough for users to become habituated to it, and is trivial

Canonical
22 June 2010

Canonical
14 June 2010

Ubuntu makes Opera 9 available for easy download and installation

News Desktop

After the launch of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Canonical is pleased to announce the availability of Opera 9 for Ubuntu. With just a few clicks of the mouse, all Ubuntu users can download and install the latest version of the Opera browser, which was released to critical acclaim on June 20. With its innovative technology and

Canonical
14 June 2010

Canonical
11 June 2010

When users first encounter Ubuntu: six showstoppers

Notes Ubuntu

We recently conducted usability testing to see how users respond to Ubuntu on their first encounter. Overall, first impressions are good. Typical remarks include: “It is bold and different.” “Ubuntu is fresh and accessible ….” “This is good. People are getting tired of Windows.” What we were looking for during these...

Canonical
11 June 2010

Quickly Run with a Ctrl+R Keyboard Shortcut in Gedit

Design Ubuntu

I’m all about workflow, so the first thing I wanted to do when trying quickly was to make sure I could hit a keyboard shortcut to build and run from within my editor.It was a bit fiddly, but here’s something that works:In Gedit go to Tools=>Mana

Canonical
11 June 2010

Canonical
10 June 2010

Announcing the User Experience Advocates Project

User Experience Ubuntu

After working on paper cuts for a year, I realized how disorganized many open source projects affecting Ubuntu are when it comes to improving user experience. I would often go to upstream projects with a list of paper cuts to discuss and have a very difficult time finding someone to discuss them with. Either the

Canonical
10 June 2010

Canonical
8 June 2010

Canonical renews the Ubuntu certification programme

News Desktop

June 8, Taipei: Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, announced today that it has extended and revised its Hardware Certification Programme for Original Equipment Manufacurers (OEMs) and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs). Canonical have made the changes to better align certification with the manufacturer’s needs and...

Canonical
8 June 2010

Well worth ten minutes of your time…

Design Ubuntu

An illustration supporting a talk by Dan Pink about the hidden truths behind what really motivates us.

Canonical
8 June 2010

Canonical gives businesses the Ubuntu Advantage

Ubuntu Advantage Ubuntu

Canonical over the last four years or so has brought businesses a growing range of services and software tools to help them make better use of the Ubuntu platform. Many of these services, such as Landscape systems management and technical support, have proven valuable for companies that want to more easily manage and...

Canonical
8 June 2010

Canonical
7 June 2010

New Canonical services help businesses get ahead with Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop

News Cloud and server

“Ubuntu Advantage” provides configurable support services to businesses LONDON, June 7, 2010 — Canonical today introduced Ubuntu Advantage – a comprehensive service that combines systems management tools, technical support, access to online resources, training and legal assurance. It is built to help businesses who have...

Canonical
7 June 2010

Canonical
31 May 2010

Last week in London and Brussels

Design Ubuntu

I spent the first part of last week in a small room in London with Andrea Cimitan, Daniel Foré and Otto Greenslade working on the amazing Murrine theme engine and the Ambiance (and Radiance) themes.In a few days we accomplished quite a lot: a new expa

Canonical
31 May 2010

Canonical
26 May 2010

Landscape 1.5 Released with new Enterprise Features

Ubuntu Advantage Ubuntu

The number of subscribers to the Landscape Systems Management application has grown dramatically over the past year with much of this growth coming from enterprises using the Landscape Dedicated Server which we released just 8 months ago. These users prefer the Dedicated Server because they can keep all of their systems...

Canonical
26 May 2010

The challenge of understanding icons

Notes Ubuntu

Icons are very peculiar images. They are both pictorial and functional. An icon is literally a picture, e.g., of a magnifying glass, and at the same time it represents a function, i.e., the query in a search. So, one and the same image is meant both to attract attention to itself and to facilitate action.

Canonical
26 May 2010

Canonical
25 May 2010

Canonical adds advanced enterprise features to latest version of systems management tool

News Cloud and server

New 'Landscape' supports Ubuntu 10.04 LTS migration and cloud deployments for enterprises Canonical today announced the latest version of its Ubuntu-dedicated systems management tool that simplifies enterprise deployments with tools to configure multiple servers, connect with single sign on (SSO) authentication systems...

Canonical
25 May 2010

Canonical
22 May 2010

Colour management

Design Ubuntu

I’ve been looking for a local store which offers a colour sprectromitor and chanced upon the spyder3. I have to say that it is a total let-down. It doesn’t work on Linux to begin with. I feared this going in but the gracious return policy at the s

Canonical
22 May 2010