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Designing on Ubuntu
By Canonical, 18 October 2010
The recent Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase competition produced some good work. Lots of great photos and plenty of interesting music tracks were submitted.But...
This week in design – 15 October 2010
By Canonical, 15 October 2010
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...
A space odyssey
By Canonical, 15 October 2010
Time flies and it’s already time for our next blog entry on the design of the Ubuntu font suite. Below my colleague Fabio Haag explains the joys of spacing...
42 day widget
By Canonical, 11 October 2010
Yesterday we successfully released the new versions of Ubuntu family. As you all know, yesterday was such a special date which occurs every 100 years:...
This week in design – 8 October 2010
By Canonical, 8 October 2010
It’s release week! That means that the Millbank London office and home office locations this week are a buzz with activity getting things ready for our big...
Latest Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition puts focus on consumers and mobile
By Canonical, 7 October 2010
Ubuntu 10.10 adds features for desktop and netbook users London, October 7, 2010: Canonical today announced the upcoming availability of Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop...
The Ubuntu community contributes towards saving the Iberian Lynx
By Cezzaine Zaher, 7 October 2010
With only three days until Ubuntu 10.10 (a.k.a Maverick Meerkat) is released and available to the world, it seems quite possible that Ubuntu’s 10.04 LTS...
Latest Ubuntu 10.10 Server Edition makes cloud deployment easier than ever
By Canonical, 7 October 2010
Canonical to sponsor users with free cloud time on Amazon EC2 to let users experience improvements for themselves Canonical today announced the upcoming...
Centralised logging with rsyslog
By Canonical, 4 October 2010
The management of multiple systems requires the setup of tools to control the servers behaviour in real time and post analysis. Moreover, regulations and best...
Wikimedia chooses Ubuntu for all of its servers
By Canonical, 4 October 2010
Background Most people with a passing acquaintance with a browser or Google search know Wikipedia, the web-based encyclopedia spanning topics from the...
The weird and wonderful world of Latin Extended B
By Canonical, 4 October 2010
Below, Amelie Bonet from the Dalton Maag design team shares her thoughts: Latin Extended B is a block (0180-024F) within the Unicode standard. With its...