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Canonical and Chinese standards body announce Ubuntu collaboration

CSIP defines a new reference architecture for standard operating systems in China CSIP, Canonical and NUDT from the CCN Open Source Innovation Joint Lab to further that standard CCN Joint Lab will produce Ubuntu Kylin, with first release expected in conjunction with Ubuntu 13.04 in April 2013. London and Beijing, 21 March 2013: The China

13.04 wallpapers submitted

  The community team for wallpaper selection got together last week #1304wallpaper on Freenode and between us we’ve determined that we’d like to submit the following images as our delightful wallpaper selection for 13.04. Many thanks to everyone who came to discuss options and help with the selection and in particular those who highlighte

App patterns explained : navigation

When we design an app, we consider the different types of information we are communicating and their relationships to one another. This helps us establish what content is of equal importance, what we want to be able to do with it, what is a detailed view of something else and so on. We use three

13.04 Shortlist in progress

13.04 Shortlist in progress, a gallery on Flickr. A quick update, the previous contributors and I are putting together the finishing touches to what we hope will be a great selection. You can see our working over on a Google spreadsheet we’ve made. We’ll be packaging and downloading and shrinking and all sorts to get

Canonical and Dell expand joint PowerEdge Server engineering and support

Today we announced a collaborative support and engineering agreement with Dell.  As part of this agreement Canonical will add Dell 11G & 12G PowerEdge models to the Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS Certification List and Dell will add Ubuntu Server to its Linux OS Support Matrix. In May 2012, Dell launched the OpenStack Cloud Reference Architectur

Canonical announces certification and support for the latest Dell PowerEdge servers

Canonical today announced that it has signed a collaborative engineering agreement with Dell to support Ubuntu 12.04 LTS across the full range of Dell’s latest 12th generation PowerEdge Servers for Ubuntu Advantage customers. Over 45 Dell PowerEdge Servers have been certified by Canonical for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Customers who buy the Ubuntu

App patterns applied: calculator key journeys

A few weeks ago we introduced key screens for our core utility app designs, and we’ve been sketching key journeys ever since to unpack these concepts further. We use key screens to communicate the overall, high level concept of an app, outlining key journeys is a design technique that gives us a feel for how

App patterns applied : core utilities as rituals

We’ve been making great progress from both design and development on our four core utilities for Ubuntu on phones so, while we are iterating these concepts, we thought this was a good time to share more of the inspiration behind the apps designs. This helps us keep our goals in sight, not only on the


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App patterns applied: calendar key journeys

Last week we introduced key screens for our core utility app designs, and we’ve been sketching key journeys ever since to unpack these concepts further. Whereas the key screens communicate the overall, high level concept of an app, outlining key journeys is a design technique that gives us a feel for how users can accomplish

Ubuntu phone, tablet at Mobile World Congress

Ubuntu Phone OS integrates with Orange and Deutsche Telekom in GSMA OneAPI initiative Mobile World Congress kicks off today and we’re gearing up to show off Ubuntu running on multiple devices. We’ll be demonstrating phones, tablets and desktops at the stand, have Ubuntu developers flashing spare hardware, as well as be showing integration

App patterns explained: content views

When designing an app, an important thing to consider in your app is how to display content. In our design guidelines, we have provided three standard views: Grid, List and Full screen which we think will cover most situations. Grid view Content divided into rows and columns is referred to as a grid view. The

Ubuntu unveils tablet experience with multi-tasking

Unique ‘side stage’ multi-tasking puts phone and tablet apps on a single tablet screen Secure enterprise tablets with full disk encryption, multiple secure user accounts and standard management tool that covers Ubuntu server, PC and touch Unique convergence across all four form factors: a phone can provide tablet, TV and PC interfaces whe

Dell’s Ubuntu based Developer laptop just got better

Dell announced today an updated XPS 13, preloaded with Ubuntu, which has a full high-definition 1080p display. It will be available for sale in the USA  and Canada, but as part of this update Dell will also be making it available in parts of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.   As we reported in

Ubuntu for smartphones grabs global headlines

An interview with Chris Kenyon, VP Sales and Marketing, and Sian Aherne, Media and Analyst Relations at Canonical.

Get the FAQs about Ubuntu on smartphones

What are the big questions Canonical gets asked about its Ubuntu for Phones proposition? Here, we gather the top questions (in no particular order) and give the answers.

Developers get the full support they need

An interview with David Planella, Ubuntu Community and David Pitkin, Online Services Native and HTML5 apps.


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