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Canonical
19 August 2016

Cenique and Canonical partnering to create certified digital signage and audience measurement solutions

News Internet of Things

Companies to provide plug and play digital signage and audience measurement solution based on Ubuntu Core. London, UK – August 19, 2016 Canonical, today announced that it is entering in a partnership with Cenique to provide digital signage players that are certified for Ubuntu. Cenique is an emerging leader in the...

Canonical
19 August 2016

Canonical
16 August 2016

Advantech and Canonical form strategic partnership for IoT gateways

News Internet of Things

Ubuntu Core operating system provides production ready platform for gateways. London, UK – August 16, 2016 – Canonical today announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Advantech to work together to certify the company’s Internet of Things (IoT) gateways for Ubuntu Core. The partnership ensures users of...

Canonical
16 August 2016

Canonical
15 August 2016

Convergent terminal

User Experience Ubuntu

We have been looking at ways of making the Terminal app more pleasing, in terms of the user experience, as well as the visuals. I would like to share the work so far, invite users of the app to comment on the new designs, and share ideas on what other new features would be desirable.

Canonical
15 August 2016

Canonical
9 August 2016

Competition winner – Timer App

Design Ubuntu

Back in June we hosted a competition that asked developers to use the AdaptivePageLayout component from the UI toolkit to create an app that converges across devices. We had some very impressive entires that used the component in different ways; choosing a winner was hard. However, after testing all the apps the design...

Canonical
9 August 2016

Canonical
5 August 2016

IBM and Canonical: This Is Just The Beginning

Article Cloud and server

The partnership between Canonical and IBM continues to thrive. As we embark on the era of Containerization, Cloud, NFV, IoT, and Machine Learning, companies like IBM are innovating to meet the demands of modern computing. We caught up with IBM’s GM of Power Systems, Doug Balog, at OpenStack Summit Austin to get his...

Canonical
5 August 2016

Canonical
4 August 2016

App Design Guides phase 2 release: Patterns

Featured Ubuntu

Last week we released phase 1 of the new App Design Guides, which included Get started and Building blocks. Now we have just released phase 2: Patterns. This includes handy guidance on gestures, navigation and layout possibilities to provide a great user experience in your app. Navigation: user journeys Find guidance...

Canonical
4 August 2016

Canonical
3 August 2016

Cloud Chatter: August 2016

Article Cloud and server

Welcome to the latest issue of Cloud Chatter. This month, don’t miss: An overview of our widely applauded universal “snap” packages launch A fantastic free trial offer for using Ubuntu on POWER8 with IBM’s Softlayer A story about a leading middle eastern telco launching an NFV cloud using OpenStack and Juju Steps on how to

Canonical
3 August 2016

Canonical
26 July 2016

New starter Raul (UX designer) – “I want to challenge myself to do the most difficult things”

Design Ubuntu

Meet the newest member of the design team, UX designer Raul Alvarez, who will be working on the Ubuntu convergence story. Raul will be bringing new ideas to improve our apps to allow for a seamless experience across all devices. We caught up with him to tell us more about his background and what attracted

Canonical
26 July 2016

Canonical
13 July 2016

Skype for Ubuntu…available in Beta mode!

Article Desktop

Super exciting news for the Ubuntu and Linux community! News has just been announced that the Beta version of a new Skype for Linux has been launched! A brand new WebRTC version of Skype for Linux will be available from today which will allow continued support for the Ubuntu users for years to come. Skype

Canonical
13 July 2016

Etisalat partners with Canonical to Deploy NFV Telco Infrastructure

News Cloud and server

Etisalat, the Middle East’s leading telecoms provider announced today (download PDF) that it has built and launched its first live Network Function Virtualization telco cloud in Abu Dhabi. The NFV-based telco infrastructure has been built with Quanta servers, Arista switches and Canonical’s Ubuntu OpenStack, a...

Canonical
13 July 2016

Canonical
11 July 2016

Snapd 2.0.10: new media interfaces, channel switching

Article Internet of Things

If it hasn’t already, snapd 2.0.10 should be making its way to your 16.04 systems. Here is what’s new!The 2.0.10 release contains a number of improvements and fixes over the 2.0.9 release that was available before. The highlights:ChannelsCh

Canonical
11 July 2016

Canonical
8 July 2016

See our designs on Behance and Dribbble

Design Ubuntu

You can now follow us on Dribbble and Behance for design inspiration. See things like: the Ubuntu #reinvent digital campaign, Juju embeddable card and Suru app icon designs. Follow us 🙂

Canonical
8 July 2016

Canonical
7 July 2016

Contributing to the world of snaps

Article Desktop

Zygmunt Krynicki wrote about the availability of bite-sized bugs for the snapd project.I took this as an opportunity to go through the snapcraft bugs as well and tag a few as bitesize myself. snapcraft is written in python, nicely commented documented and comes with a comprehensive test-suite. The people working on it...

Canonical
7 July 2016

Canonical
6 July 2016

Canonical and Pivotal Collaborate to Deliver Cloud Native Platform

Article Cloud and server

Ubuntu to Become Preferred Linux OS for Pivotal Cloud Foundry Leveraging Canonical’s Ubuntu Advantage (UA) Support Services Automated Approach to Security Patch Management Provides Game-changing, Rapid Response Approach to Linux Vulnerabilities for Pivotal Cloud Foundry Customers Future Commitment to Formalize Industry...

Canonical
6 July 2016