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Colour management

by Canonical on 22 May 2010

I’ve been looking for a local store which offers a colour sprectromitor and chanced upon the spyder3. I have to say that it is a total let-down. It doesn’t...

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Talk Type

by Marcus Haslam on 20 May 2010

At the recent Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS), we invited Type Designer Bruno Maag from Dalton Maag to talk about the new open-source font design development...

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Ubuntu Maverick UDS group photo made with the Hugin Panorama Creator

by Canonical on 17 May 2010

Due to the weather and the layout of the hotel grounds at the Ubuntu Developer Summit for 10.10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) it was impossible to take the group...

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Opinions. Have them.

by Canonical on 12 May 2010

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.

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So long already? Nah! :)

by Canonical on 10 May 2010

Today saw the start of the Ubuntu Developer Summit for our next release Maverick Meerkat. This sentiment on the final slide of Mark’s presentation will...

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Hello, Unity

by Canonical on 10 May 2010

This is an early version of Unity, what will hopefully become the new interface for Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10:Unity comprises:A launcher that makes opening...

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A unified menu bar for Ubuntu Netbook Edition

by Matthew Paul Thomas on 6 May 2010

Using a single menu bar at the top of the screen, instead of separate menu bars inside each window, seems like a pretty simple change. But it’s more complex...

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Window indicators

by Mark Shuttleworth on 3 May 2010

“Windicators” are window indicators, on the right of the title bar, which follow the same pattern as the Ayatana indicators that Ubuntu uses on in the panel.

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Reasons to celebrate 29th April 2010

by Canonical on 29 April 2010

One of the first things I did when I joined Canonical just over a year ago was conduct some user research. The idea was to identify some broad areas that...

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Ubuntu visual identity

by Canonical on 28 April 2010

Drum roll please….After a *lot* of amazing effort from the Canonical design team I am pleased to announce that preliminary Ubuntu visual identity is online...

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When it comes to social networking what are you? Door, Mirror, Room?

by Canonical on 27 April 2010

Everyone belongs to one, two or more social networking sites. At Canonical, we wondered “What does social networking mean to people?” I set off to find out. ...