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Canonical produces Ubuntu, provides commercial services for Ubuntu's users, and works with hardware manufacturers, software vendors and cloud partners to certify Ubuntu.
1483 posts by Canonical
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How are your users feeling? Example from Rhythmbox
by Canonical on 11 August 2010
When conducting and writing up user research findings, I make a point of defining the experience goals alongside participant’s actual real life goals. This...
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The first milestone
by Canonical on 10 August 2010
As work on the font continues we thought it would be good to get some insight from the people working on developing it. In the first of these posts, Bruno...
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Why would you give your music away for free?
by Canonical on 9 August 2010
Photo (cc) Matt McGeeYou’re an up and coming band. You’re gonna get signed soon. You’ll get played on the radio. You’ll tour the world. You’re gonna teach...
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60 and still going strong!
by Canonical on 9 August 2010
We hit another important milestone today! Find out what pesky papercuts have been resolved!
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An Update to the Ubuntu Light Themes
by Canonical on 9 August 2010
One of our key objectives when we started conceptualising the new themes was their ability to be immediately recognisable as Ubuntu, even if represented as a...
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This week in design – 6 August 2010
by Canonical on 6 August 2010
The latest in news from the design team and our work on fonts, research, exciting visions of the future of our favourite desktop and a chance for YOU to get...
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Ubuntu Needs a New Sound Theme
by Canonical on 2 August 2010
After the success of the wallpaper competition, and with theFree Culture Showcase’s growing momentum, we are turning our attention to Ubuntu’s sound theme....
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This week in design – 30 July 2010
by Canonical on 30 July 2010
This week we’ve been to GUADEC, researched Shotwell and released an update to the new font! And it’s nearly the end of July?! When did that happen?!
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Ubuntu Font Beta: now with added Bold
by Canonical on 30 July 2010
I am happy to announce that we have just updated the Ubuntu Font Beta ppa. Enjoy!
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Design by enthusiasm
by Canonical on 30 July 2010
As many of you are most probably aware I work for Canonical and some of my blog posts from here are syndicated to design.canonical.com. I was asked a rather...
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Guadec Day 2: In pursuit of critical mass
by Canonical on 27 July 2010
Today I was reminded of this quote by Jane Goodall: If everyone could think a little bit about small choices they make every day: What do you eat, does it...