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153 posts from 2012
Improving Hardware Support in Ubuntu
By Victor Tuson Palau, 7 March 2012
Anthony Wong, Project Technical Lead at Canonical, presented our process for improving hardware support in Ubuntu at our 2011 Hardware Summit. He did such a...
Choosing, moving, wallpapers
By Canonical, 6 March 2012
All the way back in January we kicked off the submissions process for the next released of Ubuntu. We did this using Flickr and since then the group has been...
Notes from the Mobile World Congress 2012
By Canonical, 5 March 2012
Ubuntu and Canonical had a very strong presence at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The main attraction was our Ubuntu for Android prototype...
About Usability Testing – Recruiting
By Canonical, 2 March 2012
Every three months, I conduct benchmark usability testing. I’m calling these tests ‘benchmark testing’ because the aim of these sessions is to measure our...
Testing, testing, testing. It prints!
By Canonical, 2 March 2012
Back in 2008 Nick Ellery noticed that the default printer test page used more ink that it really needed to: Bug #298935 (“test print uses far too much ink”)....
Ubuntu for Android success at Mobile World Congress
By Canonical, 1 March 2012
The Ubuntu booth at Mobile World Congress has been a resounding success. In the first two days of the show alone, over 4,000 delegates visited the stand to...
Canonical to showcase 'Ubuntu for Android' at MWC in Barcelona
By Canonical, 26 February 2012
Mobile World Congress begins tomorrow, and for the first time, Canonical has a presence at the show. Further to our announcement earlier this week, for the...
Ubuntu for Android at MWC: world’s first full-featured desktop on a do
By Canonical, 21 February 2012
Carry less, do a lot more. All the productivity and apps of the full Ubuntu desktop, built into your Android phone. Canonical today unveiled Ubuntu for...
Enterprise Cloud Strategy: Six Near-Future Scenarios You Need to Consider Today
By Canonical, 21 February 2012
The future of enterprise cloud computing remains uncertain. But if you’re thinking about the best way to make it happen in your organisation, our latest guide...
Sound theme results
By Canonical, 20 February 2012
First of all, thank you all for your feedback in both the blog post and, most importantly, the survey. Over 2000 surveys were completed, which is amazing. We...
The Unity design process (and how you can play a part in it)
By Canonical, 16 February 2012
How is Unity designed? How can I contribute to this process? Why did you make thus and such decision? The Unity Design Team is frequently asked these...
Sound theme update
By Canonical, 15 February 2012
Thank you everyone for all your effort, overall it’s an impressive set from such a short deadline! We’ve been busy listening to all your submissions, it’s...