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Ubuntu Software Centre adds Darwinia and Uplink

London, March 24 2011: Canonical today announced the addition of Darwinia and Uplink, games by renowned publisher Introversion to the Ubuntu Software Center....

Moodlerooms boosts reliability with Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Advantage

Ubuntu Advantage subscription service resolves issues, fast Summary Solution provider Moodlerooms provides a range of educational tools for universities and...

Ubuntu Netbook Edition folded into Ubuntu for next release

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...

That’s it, we’re quitting

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...

Ayatana overlay scrollbars: something truly Natty

Natty will feature a world first – overlay scrollbars in desktop applications. The goal is to put content first and banish chrome, while still paying...

Introducing Overlay Scrollbars in Unity

One of our goals in the Unity design effort is maximising immersion in content, and reducing the amount of chrome and clutter needed around that content....

Ubuntu, the cloud OS

We made a small flurry of announcements last week, all of which were related to cloud computing. I think it is worthwhile to put some context around Ubuntu...

Legislators in Kerala, India work better with Ubuntu laptops

Tens of thousands of dollars saved on software licensing Summary The Government of Kerala wanted to provide 141 members of its legislative assembly with new...


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Thunderbird in the Usability Lab!

 I have just completed sessions of usability testing of Thunderbird. This time, I had the pleasure of working with Andreas Nilsson, who came to London to...

DanRabbit on the Ubuntu One Desktop

Hey Ubuntu One and Design fans! This is my first post here, and I have to say I feel priveledged to be able to write to you all. Recently I’ve been working...

10 reasons to migrate

The computing world is extremely polarised when it comes to proprietary vs. open source, and a million industry voices tell a million different stories. Even...

Canonical releases world’s most comprehensive, up-to-date component catalog for Linux

Canonical today announced that for the first time it was making publicly available its complete database of certified components for Ubuntu and Linux —...

Dell releases OpenManage 6.4 for Ubuntu

In the spring of 2010, members of the Ubuntu development team worked with Dell to build and test OpenManage 6.3 for Ubuntu. Several of our engineers took...

Canonical joins the OpenStack community

OpenStack today have made a number of announcements about the Bexar release of their cloud stack and we were delighted to be able to confirm its inclusion in...

Dell customers use Ubuntu to deploy cloud

Canonical today announced the availability of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) running on Dell PowerEdge C2100 and C6100 servers in an integrated solution...


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