Canonical
Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.
1489 posts by Canonical
Ubuntu
Paper cuts need you!
by Canonical on 19 November 2010
You won’t be surprised to hear that I am on the Papercutters team and, in that capacity, was on the receiving end of an email from Vish who points out a...
Ubuntu
The monospace is coming
by Canonical on 18 November 2010
In contrast to a proportionally spaced font a the characters in a monospace occupy all exactly the same width. In the past monospace type was used on...
Ubuntu
Usability Testing of Unity
by Canonical on 13 November 2010
In preparation for UDS, we conducted usability testing of Unity with general public users. We are now better informed as to where we should expend further...
Ubuntu
This week in design – 12 November 2010
by Canonical on 12 November 2010
The theme of this week’s update is one of cool stuff that we came across this week in the world of open source. You’ll know from Christian’s blog post a while...
Desktop
AMTRON delivers 28,000 Ubuntu-based PCs to students in Assam
by Canonical on 10 November 2010
India-based government information and communication technologies (ICT) provider The Assam Electronics Development Corporation (AMTRON) needed to provide...
Cloud and server
La Gendarmerie Nationale upgrades 85,000 PCs to Ubuntu Desktop Edition
by Canonical on 10 November 2010
Summary La Gendarmerie Nationale's IT team must ensure that the police force can provide a responsive and cost-effective service nationwide. With growing IT...
Desktop
Canonical welcomes new partners following latest Ubuntu 10.10 release
by Canonical on 10 November 2010
Ubuntu 10.10 launch in October drew strong partner interest Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today the signing of several significant...
Ubuntu
Lower the cost of your data centre with IBM and Canonical webcast
by Canonical on 8 November 2010
Please join IBM and Canonical on Tuesday, 16 November 2010 at 9:00am PDT / 12:00noon EDT / 15:00pm GMT to hear how the combination of IBM and Canonical...
Ubuntu
This week in design – 5 November 2010
by Canonical on 5 November 2010
We’re back! Phew! What a fortnight! Did you miss us? We all got back from Orlando, Florida this week and prepared to kick off the Natty development cycle in...
Ubuntu
Of hinting and tables
by Canonical on 4 November 2010
I hope regular readers of the design blogs don’t think that we have abandoned our programme of telling you all about the font development – I know it’s been a...
Ubuntu
Introducing Ubuntu – The Movie!
by Canonical on 27 October 2010
Almost all of the design team are in Orlando this week taking part in UDS. As well as getting ready for the summit in the last few weeks we’ve also been...
Cloud and server
Canonical’s Ubuntu Developer Summit to bring together international community of developers to build the next Ubuntu
by Canonical on 21 October 2010
LONDON, October 20, 2010 – On the heels of Canonical’s latest release, Ubuntu 10.10, the company will begin its Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) on October 25,...