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The Web and design team at Canonical pride themselves on building things properly, not quickly. Always looking for creative ways to push the boundaries of the web.
It is time to extend the Ubuntu Font Beta Testing. We need to make sure that the Ubuntu font is being fully exercised beyond the English language and I do not...
In this first ever “This week in design”, Iain updates us on the work the design team have been doing on guidelines, the desktop and the font. We also name...
I came across a thread this afternoon talking about a piece of promotional work by Goce Mitevski for Ubuntu.Simple, elegant and clean. Lovely.
Evan, seen lurking here in the background, has a favour to ask. Stackoverflow is a website that allows professional and enthusiast developers to ask questions...
Having read some of the comments and bugs I thought it might be useful to add some clarification on a couple of terms. What we have released so far is only...
Ladies and Gentlemen, Today we are kicking off the Ubuntu Font BETA testing. This is a happy day! Today all Ubuntu Members will have access to a private PPA...
Ubuntu Software Center has amazing improvements lined-up for Maverick Meerkat and early alpha adopters are highly excited about the progress. However, what is...
Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase calls all artists to contribute to next version of Ubuntu Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, today announced its...
We have a list of dozens of Ubuntu programs that use the notification area. What we need now is a description of how each of them use it.
Anyone who has seen the new visual identity for Ubuntu and Canonical probably noticed the marketing material includes several stunning images created of...
Issue 134 (August, 2010) of Linux Format magazine contains an interview by Jono Bacon in which I discuss Unity and other related topics. Below are the...
Are you a musician? Do you make beautiful illustrative wallpapers? Do you take amazing photographs? Do you make clever and inspiring videos or animations? You...
This article illustrates briefly the main functionalities of the Launcher for Ubuntu Netbook Edition (aka Unity) and how we got there. Don’t miss the video!
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...
We recently conducted usability testing to see how users respond to Ubuntu on their first encounter. Overall, first impressions are good. Typical remarks...
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...