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Igor Ljubuncic
7 January 2022

The Future of Snapcraft

Article Ubuntu

System hysteresis, when applied to software, can roughly be defined as an overall lag between desired implementation of code and actual implementation of said code. Ideally, this delay should be minimal, and programmers would be able to make instantaneous changes and improvements to their applications. In reality,...

Igor Ljubuncic
7 January 2022

Canonical
19 April 2012

Watch out for Ubuntu! The E-Pebble smartwatch

Design Ubuntu

In the year 2000 IBM showed off the WatchPad, a computer on your wrist, but one perhaps ahead of its time and still needing a little bit of design-love. Of course, we love highlighting beautiful design when it does finally come along, and in the last few days the beautiful Pebble smartwatch has appeared over

Canonical
19 April 2012

Canonical
16 March 2012

Task switching in Ubuntu, and a introduction to ‘The Spread’

Design Ubuntu

Introduction to task switching A key part of any operating system user interface is how it enables the user to switch between multiple tasks. In most desktop operating systems tasks are encapsulated into windows, and the most frequently used method of multi-tasking is window switching. Desktop OSs have multiple methods...

Canonical
16 March 2012

Canonical
16 November 2011

Ubuntu Phone, Tablet and TV – discussion opened

Research Ubuntu

Big thanks to everyone who turned up at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando to discuss Ubuntu’s future on new devices! Now, following Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote announcement and a number of initial UDS sessions on tablets, TVs and smartphones, we are setting up new channels to pick up the conversation. We’ve got...

Canonical
16 November 2011

Canonical
14 September 2011

A monospace that looks like a proportional

Design Ubuntu

To join the Ubuntu Monospace beta and give feedback, apply to the ubuntu-typeface-interest team on Launchpad and follow the PPA instructions after being accepted. Timeline Hardly a day has gone by in the last six-months without the design team being asking when the Ubuntu Mono monospace is going to be available. Like...

Canonical
14 September 2011

Inayaili de León Persson
17 June 2011

Sharing Ubuntu with the world

Article Ubuntu

We all know Ubuntu is great, but we want even more people to know just how great. With this in mind, we thought we’d give the visitors of ubuntu.com the tools to spread the word about Ubuntu. As of today, you can see Tweet and Like buttons on some of the key pages of the

Inayaili de León Persson
17 June 2011

Inayaili de León Persson
28 April 2011

A fresh new look for Ubuntu.com

Article Ubuntu

Natty Narwhal isn’t the only thing new today in Ubuntu. Along with it, and as you may have already noticed, we have updated some areas of the Ubuntu website, including a fresh new homepage. What’s new? This overhaul of the website focuses on improving and refining the experience for users who are new to Ubuntu

Inayaili de León Persson
28 April 2011

Canonical
12 November 2010

This week in design – 12 November 2010

Design Ubuntu

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 ago that we’re really interested in the idea of interacting with your computer physically. Christian experimented with the webcam in a laptop but imagine

Canonical
12 November 2010

Canonical
5 November 2010

This week in design – 5 November 2010

Design Ubuntu

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 style. UDS-N was a great event and big thanks should go to Jono, Jorge, the Canonical admin and technical teams and everyone who attended sessions, took

Canonical
5 November 2010

Canonical
15 October 2010

This week in design – 15 October 2010

Design Ubuntu

It’s out! We did it! YES! Well done everyone. Thanks for your support in helping make this latest release a good one. Our Meerkat is all grown up so what’s next? Well, we have a Narwhal on the way and it’s up to all of us to make him that little bit Natty 😉 For

Canonical
15 October 2010

Canonical
22 September 2010

The future of books?

Design Cloud and server

Check out these lovely ebook touchscreen concepts from IDEO. The Future of the Book. from IDEO on Vimeo.

Canonical
22 September 2010

Canonical
14 September 2010

Getting physical

Design Ubuntu

Introduction With the ingress in the market of products like Nintendo Wii, Apple iPhone and Microsoft Kinect, developers finally started realizing that there are several ways a person can control a computer besides keyboards, mice and touch screens. These days there are many alternatives, obviously based on hardware...

Canonical
14 September 2010

Canonical
3 September 2010

Just an average day in 2014

Design Ubuntu

While I’m not convinced that Sweden will actually win the world cup there’s lots to like about this “five minutes into the future” look at how we might share content and interact with devices in a few years time. I’m setting a reminder in my calendar. I’ll catch you in 5 years, see if we

Canonical
3 September 2010

Canonical
23 April 2010

Curious displays

Design Ubuntu

Video on Vimeo by Julia Yu Tsao showing an interesting, and very futuristic, concept to display information in a physical environment.

Canonical
23 April 2010

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