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Canonical
18 September 2009

An On-line Panel Discussion – The Convergence of Physical, Virtual and Cloud

Server Ubuntu

The cloud is getting a lot of attention. Understandably and rightly so – it is one of the hottest topics around. An on-line panel discussion on how businesses can incorporate cloud computing into their existing datacenter operations will take place in a webinar hosted by rPath on 24 September 2009. You’ll hear from the some

Canonical
18 September 2009

Canonical
11 September 2009

Unwatching the detail?

Design Ubuntu

Big problem just about every project I’ve ever worked on has been the rush to get something out the door. Estimates rarely stack up. Last minute changes and scope creep mean that there’s always more to do than was first thought. However, when it came to Apple’s software I was always impressed by the level

Canonical
11 September 2009

Canonical
3 September 2009

Canonical adds advanced Ubuntu service and support offering

News Desktop

Premium Service Engineer provides support for mission-critical and complex Ubuntu environments Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, announced today an advanced service and support offering that gives large enterprises with complex IT environments a highly-skilled, dedicated Canonical support professional....

Canonical
3 September 2009

Canonical
28 August 2009

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 8 Progress Report

Design Ubuntu

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 8 came and went last week, and good progress was made:Login screen clock has AM/PM suffix despite 24-hour formatTed M Lin identified the root of the problem (a small string time descriptor needed changing) and Bruce Cowan notes that the upstream merge is pending.cliparts are not in...

Canonical
28 August 2009

Canonical
26 August 2009

Canonical at VMWorld 2009

Server Ubuntu

Next week (31 August through 3 September) VMorld 2009 kicks off in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. For the second year, Canonical has a booth to demonstrate Ubuntu’s virtualization and cloud computing capabilities. Last year VMWorld 2008 was in sunny Las Vegas. We talked to thousands of people throughout the show,...

Canonical
26 August 2009

Canonical
20 August 2009

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 7 Progress Report

Design Ubuntu

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 7 drew to a close last week. Here are the paper cuts that were (or were not) addressed:GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move apparently randomly on session start in some situationsRyan Maki wrote a surprisingly small patch to fix this long-standing and very annoying bug with over forty duplicates.

Canonical
20 August 2009

Canonical
11 August 2009

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 6 Progress Report

Design Ubuntu

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 6 contained some of the easiest-to-fix paper cuts we’ve seen so far, but it made less progress than any previous milestone. Perhaps this is indicative of the psychology behind paper cuts; the bugs that are easiest to fix often get the least attention. The two paper cuts that made discernible

Canonical
11 August 2009

Canonical
10 August 2009

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 5 Progress Report

Design Ubuntu

Without further ado, here’s an update on the fifth round of the One Hundred Paper Cuts project. The paper cuts addressed were:When nautilus cannot unmount a media, it must tell whyKarmic inherited a nice dialog from upstream Nautilus that assists the user who tries to unmount a busy drive. Excellent!Cannot install fonts...

Canonical
10 August 2009

Canonical
4 August 2009

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 4 Progress Report

Design Ubuntu

The fourth milestone in the One Hundred Paper Cuts project came and went over a week ago. Here’s a summary of the issues addressed:F-Spot puts photos in Photos folder not Pictures folderA patch from an F-Spot developer exists in Bugzilla, and has been iterated a few times using feedback from other developers. The upstream bug

Canonical
4 August 2009

Landscape System Management Tool Adds Dedicated Server

Ubuntu Advantage Ubuntu

Today we are announcing the Landscape Dedicated Server Edition — a stand alone version of Landscape that users can install on-site giving them complete control of their Ubuntu environment. This is one of our most requested features so we modified the Hosted version of landscape, keeping all the management, auditing and...

Canonical
4 August 2009

Canonical
31 July 2009

New individual desktop services

Ubuntu Advantage Ubuntu

The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in the size and reach of the Ubuntu community while netbooks have brought many new consumer users to Ubuntu. Other advances in user interface design, device compatibility and availability have meant that more small businesses and individuals have been able to start using...

Canonical
31 July 2009

Canonical to offer Ubuntu Desktop support and services

News Desktop

New offerings to individuals and small businesses to ease transition to fastest growing Linux desktop Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu project,announced today it has launched new support services for individuals using Ubuntu desktop – and small businesses looking for cost effective alternatives to Microsoft Windows...

Canonical
31 July 2009

Canonical
28 July 2009

Distributed user testing of archive behavior in Ubuntu

Design Ubuntu

In response to two paper cuts, “Have the file-roller automatically extract an archive on double click” and “‘Archive Manager’ doesn’t mean anything if you don’t know what an ‘archive’ is”, the Canonical Design Team devised a user test of archive behavior in Ubuntu, and we’re inviting the community to help administer the...

Canonical
28 July 2009

Canonical
24 July 2009

Karmic desktop contest script

Design Ubuntu

I wrote a quick-and-dirty Haskell script to download photos from the Karmic Desktop Contest, setting a new photo as your desktop background every ten minutes. Make sure you cabal install flickr first.

Canonical
24 July 2009