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22 June 2010

Open Season : Maverick

Ubuntu Notes

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
14 June 2010

Ubuntu makes Opera 9 available for easy download and installation

Desktop News

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
11 June 2010

When users first encounter Ubuntu: six showstoppers

Ubuntu Notes

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 sessions, however, we ...

Canonical
11 June 2010

Quickly Run with a Ctrl+R Keyboard Shortcut in Gedit

Ubuntu Design

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
10 June 2010

Announcing the User Experience Advocates Project

Ubuntu User Experience

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
8 June 2010

Canonical renews the Ubuntu certification programme

Desktop News

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 also to encompass t ...

Canonical
8 June 2010

Well worth ten minutes of your time…

Ubuntu Design

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 Ubuntu Advantage

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 maintain Ubuntu ...

Canonical
7 June 2010

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

Cloud and server News

“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 deployed Ubuntu as ...

Canonical
31 May 2010

Last week in London and Brussels

Ubuntu Design

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 ...

Matthew Paul Thomas
27 May 2010

The keyboard menu

Ubuntu Design

A new keyboard menu will replace both the keyboard layout toggle from Ubuntu’s doomed notification area, and the IBus menu for choosing a keyboard input method. ...

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