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IKEA’s design process
By Inayaili de León Persson, 28 October 2013
Graham pointed out a recent Wall Street Journal article out to me as I was going on about my recent kitchen renovation (yes, I’ve used IKEA units). It gives a...
Indented styles and the Ubuntu shape
By Canonical, 25 October 2013
Since we released the initial demo of Ubuntu on phones, we’ve been looking at refining the whole Suru theme — the theme on Ubuntu for phones and tablets — and...
Latest from the web team — October 2013
By Inayaili de León Persson, 24 October 2013
Release month is always a busy one for the web team, and this time was no exception with the Ubuntu 13.10 release last week. In the last few weeks we’ve...
App Design Clinic #3
By Canonical, 23 October 2013
Today’s clinic included: A discussion of launcher placement, Brad Well’s Bible app – general design guidance Michael Zanetti’s uAuthenticator app – general...
What’s the future for open source mobile platforms?
By Canonical, 18 October 2013
GMIC and Mobile Monday are only a few days away, and we’ll be there. Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu, will be speaking at GMIC about “the future of the...
The open cloud future is here: Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenStack Havana
By Mark Baker, 17 October 2013
We’re very happy to announce the arrival of Ubuntu 13.10 and OpenStack Havana. Ubuntu is the fastest and easiest way to deploy an OpenStack Havana-based...
Latest Ubuntu 13.10 includes first step to mobile / PC convergence
By Canonical, 17 October 2013
13.10 desktop gains Smart Scopes and performance improvements from mobile and desktop convergence effort, paving the way for full converge across all devices....
Ubuntu 13.10 delivers faster cloud setup and management for scale-out environments
By Mark Baker, 10 October 2013
Ubuntu Server 13.10 is available from 17th October; first fully supported release of the new OpenStack Havana, with VMWare vSphere integration, faster node...
Ubuntu 13.10 delivers faster cloud setup and management for scale-out environments
By Canonical, 10 October 2013
Ubuntu Server 13.10 is available from 17th October; first fully supported release of the new OpenStack Havana, with faster node installation and a new version...
Deploying web applications using Juju on EC2 (Part 2/3)
By Canonical, 7 October 2013
The goal of this tutorial series is to demonstrate the power of Juju service orchestration for deploying web applications and infrastructure services. Juju is...
OpenStack India Day and APAC Momentum
By Mark Baker, 3 October 2013
Recently I had the privilege of presenting at OpenStack India Day in Bangalore. I was in great company, alongside speakers from SwiftStack, HP, the OpenStack...
Ubuntu pre-installed and in retail worldwide
By Maria Bonnefon, 1 October 2013
In the early days of Ubuntu, it was always a challenge to promote an OS that was so new and little known to the market; we were often asked ‘Ubun what…?”!...
Launching new Telco services daily – TADS Summit 2013
By Mark Baker, 30 September 2013
The telco business has long prided itself on providing dependable services all day every day. Today, dial tones generally survive earthquakes, hurricanes,...
Designing a product you don’t use
By Luca Paulina, 27 September 2013
Over the last year we have been working on the Juju GUI to reach a broader audience. Juju is a way of building complex cloud environments. It connects...
Deploying web applications using Juju on EC2 (Part 1/3)
By Canonical, 26 September 2013
The goal of this tutorial series is to demonstrate the power of Juju service orchestration for deploying web applications and infrastructure services in the...
Latest from the web team — September 2013
By Inayaili de León Persson, 26 September 2013
We might have been quiet, but we have been busy! Here’s a quick overview of what the web team has been up to recently. In the past month we’ve worked on: New...