Blog posts tagged
"Canonical"

103 posts


Canonical
6 March 2012

Choosing, moving, wallpapers

Design Ubuntu

All the way back in January we kicked off the submissions process for the next released of Ubuntu. We did this using Flickr and since then the group has been inundated with over 2,700 submissions! This is an incredible achievement in a reasonably short time and many of the entries are looking great. Charline, on

Canonical
6 March 2012


Canonical
1 March 2012

Ubuntu for Android success at Mobile World Congress

Phone Ubuntu

The Ubuntu booth at Mobile World Congress has been a resounding success. In the first two days of the show alone, over 4,000 delegates visited the stand to see the first live views of Ubuntu for Android. The reception has been overwhelmingly positive among hardware manufacturers and operators, and indeed among hundreds...

Canonical
1 March 2012


Canonical
26 February 2012

Canonical to showcase 'Ubuntu for Android' at MWC in Barcelona

Phone Ubuntu

Mobile World Congress begins tomorrow, and for the first time, Canonical has a presence at the show. Further to our announcement earlier this week, for the first time in public, we will be showcasing the brand new concept ‘Ubuntu for Android’. Ubuntu for Android is the world’s first full-featured desktop on a docked...

Canonical
26 February 2012


Canonical
12 January 2012

Ubuntu Success @ CES 2012

TV Ubuntu

Canonical and Ubuntu have made their CES debut this week, and already it’s been a resounding success. Ubuntu TV and Ubuntu One have both been of particular interest to a constant flow of visitors from media to manufacturers, exhibitors and developers. It is almost the end of day two and there have been over 5,000

Canonical
12 January 2012


Canonical
15 November 2011

Ubuntu Hardware Summit 2011 December 8th, Taipei

Server Ubuntu

This year’s Ubuntu Hardware Summit (UHS) will take place on December 8th at the Grand Victoria Hotel in Taipei. You can register your place at www.ubuntu.com.uhs Building on the success of 2010 (with over 200 attendees), the 2011 Ubuntu Hardware Summit promises to deliver more. With keynote speeches from various members...

Canonical
15 November 2011


Victor Tuson Palau
15 August 2011

Why Buy An Ubuntu Certified System?

Services Ubuntu

What do Chianti wines, Organic foods, and Spanish Ham have in common with Ubuntu Certified? The simple answer is that they all stand for quality. Chianti is an Italian standard (DOCG) for Tuscany wines that requires using defined methods, satisfying set quality standards. Organic Foods are foods free of artificial...

Victor Tuson Palau
15 August 2011


Victor Tuson Palau
18 July 2011

Ubuntu Certification Is Changing

Services Ubuntu

Canonical offers a commercial certification programme where manufacturers (OEM & ODM) can apply for their systems to be validated and endorsed to work with Ubuntu.  We had two levels of endorsement for systems: “Ubuntu Certified” and “Ubuntu Ready”. Successful applications to the certification programme results in a...

Victor Tuson Palau
18 July 2011


Canonical
29 June 2011

Bridge Construction Set lands on the Software Center

Desktop Ubuntu

Chronic Logic’s award winning game, Bridge Construction Set, is officially for sale in the Ubuntu Software Center. In Bridge Construction Set you build a bridge that hopefully does not break, however having a train plunge into the depths below may be fun for some! You must use your physics knowledge to build a bridge then

Canonical
29 June 2011


Canonical
25 May 2011

Ubuntu Showcase, Computex: May 31st

Desktop Ubuntu

Next week, Canonical will present an executive briefing on developments in Ubuntu Desktop, Cloud and Server. Christopher Kenyon, Canonical EVP, will be sharing developments in Ubuntu, including: Introducing Ubuntu 11.04 with critically acclaimed interfaces and developer APIs How phone manufacturers are delivering...

Canonical
25 May 2011


Cezzaine Zaher
7 October 2010

The Ubuntu community contributes towards saving the Iberian Lynx

Article Ubuntu

With only three days until Ubuntu 10.10 (a.k.a Maverick Meerkat) is released and available to the world, it seems quite possible that Ubuntu’s 10.04 LTS (a.k.a Lucid Lynx) distribution will seem like a thing of the past. If we cast our minds back, to about 6 months ago, we recall that one of the features

Cezzaine Zaher
7 October 2010


Inayaili de León Persson
29 September 2010

29 days later

Article Ubuntu

It’s been 29 days since I’ve started working at Canonical and, let me tell you, they went by really fast. In the past few weeks I have worked on lots of projects and there is a lot more in the pipeline. I’ve mainly been working on the “realign” (rather than “redesign”) of canonical.com and ubuntu.com;

Inayaili de León Persson
29 September 2010


Canonical
9 September 2010

Meerkats like the sun?!

Design Ubuntu

Today I got another e-mail from a statue. There’s a perfectly normal sentence … This time from a beach where Rick says he’s having an amazing time relaxing after his conference! So what have we learned so far, apart from the fact that an unattended Meerkat is likely to wander off if left for too

Canonical
9 September 2010


Canonical
3 September 2010

In Brazil?!

Design Ubuntu

Came in this morning to a mail from Rick, my Meerkat who went for a walk a little while ago. Apparently he was giving a keynote at Linuxcon!! More as I get it

Canonical
3 September 2010


Canonical
10 May 2010

Unity, and Ubuntu Light

open source Ubuntu

A few months ago we took on the challenge of building a version of Ubuntu for the dual-boot, instant-on market. We wanted to be surfing the web in under 10 seconds, and give people a fantastic web experience. We also wanted it to be possible to upgrade from that limited usage model to a full

Canonical
10 May 2010