Canonical

Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.

1480 posts by Canonical

Art in the open

by Canonical on 23 June 2010

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...

Introduction to Unity Launcher

by Canonical on 23 June 2010

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!

Open Season : Maverick

by Canonical on 22 June 2010

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...

Ubuntu makes Opera 9 available for easy download and installation

by Canonical on 14 June 2010

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...

When users first encounter Ubuntu: six showstoppers

by Canonical on 11 June 2010

We recently conducted usability testing to see how users respond to Ubuntu on their first encounter. Overall, first impressions are good. Typical remarks...

Quickly Run with a Ctrl+R Keyboard Shortcut in Gedit

by Canonical on 11 June 2010

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...

Announcing the User Experience Advocates Project

by Canonical on 10 June 2010

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....

Canonical renews the Ubuntu certification programme

by Canonical on 8 June 2010

June 8, Taipei: Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, announced today that it has extended and revised its Hardware Certification Programme for Original...

Well worth ten minutes of your time…

by Canonical on 8 June 2010

An illustration supporting a talk by Dan Pink about the hidden truths behind what really motivates us.

Canonical gives businesses the Ubuntu Advantage

by Canonical on 8 June 2010

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...

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

by Canonical on 7 June 2010

“Ubuntu Advantage” provides configurable support services to businesses LONDON, June 7, 2010 — Canonical today introduced Ubuntu Advantage – a comprehensive...

Last week in London and Brussels

by Canonical on 31 May 2010

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...