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29 September 2009

On the Ubuntu 9.10 default wallpaper

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The first thing I did after installing Ubuntu 9.04 was to head straight for the Appearance settings to choose a desktop picture. Here’s what I was offered:Naturally, a panic ensued while I tried to work out how to synchronise filesystems between OS X a ...

Canonical
29 September 2009

So.. I got this new job..

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I always planned to make my millions and then spend them philanthropically, on a technological venture. Nanotech, bioengineering or artificial intelligence – some scientific enterprise for the benefit of humankind. Earlier this year, when the credit cr ...

Canonical
28 September 2009

It’s a typewriter too!

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Everyday Linux from Linux Eats, via Ivanka.This is a great sign. ...

Canonical
25 September 2009

Ubuntu Karmic desktop

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Yesterday was a big day for the Karmic desktop. Lots of pieces came together like switching icon themes, colour changes in the UI, a new dark theme for GDM, a new default background and, 19 photos chosen from the flickr group we started earlier this ye ...

Canonical
20 September 2009

Installing applications. There _is_ already a better way

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I read with interest an article over at daringfireball.net which pointed to a Mozilla piece about the complexities of installing applications on the Mac. For those not in the know the way that you install software on the Mac is that you typically get a disk image as a download. When you download this your ...

Canonical
18 September 2009

First Ubuntu Hardware Summit in Taiwan a great success

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The inaugural Ubuntu Hardware Summit in Taipei came to an end on Tuesday evening with over 170 delegates in attendance. This was the first time a major Linux OSV has run this type of event in Taiwan, generating real excitement in the press beforehand (some sample coverage for those who read Chinese). The show was ...

Canonical
18 September 2009

An On-line Panel Discussion – The Convergence of Physical, Virtual and Cloud

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The cloud is getting a lot of attention. Understandably and rightly so – it is one of the hottest topics around. An on-line panel discussion on how businesses can incorporate cloud computing into their existing datacenter operations will take place in a webinar hosted by rPath on 24 September 2009. You’ll hear from the some ...

Canonical
11 September 2009

Unwatching the detail?

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Big problem just about every project I’ve ever worked on has been the rush to get something out the door. Estimates rarely stack up. Last minute changes and scope creep mean that there’s always more to do than was first thought. However, when it came to Apple’s software I was always impressed by the level ...

Canonical
3 September 2009

Canonical adds advanced Ubuntu service and support offering

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Premium Service Engineer provides support for mission-critical and complex Ubuntu environments Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, announced today an advanced service and support offering that gives large enterprises with complex IT environments a highly-skilled, dedicated Canonical support professional. Premium Service Engi ...

Canonical
28 August 2009

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 8 Progress Report

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One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 8 came and went last week, and good progress was made:Login screen clock has AM/PM suffix despite 24-hour formatTed M Lin identified the root of the problem (a small string time descriptor needed changing) and Bruce Cowan notes that the upstream merge is pending.cliparts are not in gallery-path of openoffice ...

Canonical
26 August 2009

Canonical at VMWorld 2009

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Next week (31 August through 3 September) VMorld 2009 kicks off in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. For the second year, Canonical has a booth to demonstrate Ubuntu’s virtualization and cloud computing capabilities. Last year VMWorld 2008 was in sunny Las Vegas. We talked to thousands of people throughout the show, and only found ...

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