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Inayaili de León Persson
28 April 2011

A fresh new look for Ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Article

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 ...

Canonical
22 April 2011

Unity Benchmark Usability – April 2011

Ubuntu Research

First and last impressions of Unity were that it was quite user-friendly, and pleasing in its design and ease of learning. The majority of participants left the session with very positive feelings and were looking forward to Unity’s release so they could download it. In short, participants in this testing session were considerably more po ...

Canonical
14 April 2011

AdAction drives ad-serving performance with Ubuntu and Membase Server

Ubuntu Case study

New server-side solution delivers high throughput and zero downtime Summary AdAction, a leader in the ad-serving business, tracks consumer behaviour online and delivers the right adverts to the right people at the right time. To achieve this, the company must store massive amounts of consumer data — from roughly 75 million consumers each ...

Canonical
5 April 2011

ShipIt comes to an end

Ubuntu Canonical News

It’s with some regret that we are announcing the end of the ShipIt Programme and the CD distributor programme. When we started ShipIt in 2005 broadband was still a marketing promise even in the most connected parts of the most developed nations. We knew that this represented a significant stumbling block to the adoption of ...

Canonical
5 April 2011

LVM convert 10,000 corporate desktops to ubuntu with services from Canonical

Desktop News

Canonical today announced the successful migration of 10 000 desktops to Ubuntu by German insurance company LVM Versicherung. The project was undertaken with consulting from Canonical’s professional services team and will receive ongoing support from the Canonical support team. LVM decided to convert to Ubuntu thanks to the Ubuntu project ...

Canonical
1 April 2011

Narwhal spotted at Lambeth Bridge

Ubuntu Article

We always knew Google Maps was good! Google Maps did prove its accuracy; when we looked out of the window from the 27th floor down towards Lambeth Bridge there was indeed a visitor! ...

Canonical
24 March 2011

Ubuntu Software Centre adds Darwinia and Uplink

Desktop Article

London, March 24 2011: Canonical today announced the addition of Darwinia and Uplink, games by renowned publisher Introversion to the Ubuntu Software Center. Users can buy, download, install these games in just a few clicks and for the first 30 days, the games can be bought from the Ubuntu Software Centre for the special price ...

Canonical
16 March 2011

Moodlerooms boosts reliability with Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Advantage

Ubuntu Case study

Ubuntu Advantage subscription service resolves issues, fast Summary Solution provider Moodlerooms provides a range of educational tools for universities and schools. With hundreds of thousands of users at any one time, Moodlerooms must ensure that its tools are based on a robust, available infrastructure. The company chose to update its e ...

Canonical
9 March 2011

Ubuntu Netbook Edition folded into Ubuntu for next release

Ubuntu Desktop

One of the benefits of the direction that’s been taken with the next release of Ubuntu is that there is no longer a need for a separate netbook edition. The introduction of the new shell for Ubuntu means that we have a user interface that works equally well whatever the form factor of the PC. ...

Matthew Paul Thomas
7 March 2011

That’s it, we’re quitting

Ubuntu Design

The “Quit” command in applications today is a relic from the days when the original Macintosh had no hard disk and couldn’t multitask. Modern applications have made this command increasingly annoying. Fortunately, though, modern PCs have also made it increasingly unnecessary. Mobile operating systems have, for the most part, eliminated th ...

Mark Shuttleworth
3 March 2011

Ayatana overlay scrollbars: something truly Natty

Ubuntu Design

Natty will feature a world first – overlay scrollbars in desktop applications. The goal is to put content first and banish chrome, while still paying attention to the needs of the desktop environment – mouse pointers. These were designed and developed by Canonical as part of the Ayatana initiative, improving both focus and awareness for u ...

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