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The Web and design team at Canonical pride themselves on building things properly, not quickly. Always looking for creative ways to push the bounderies of the web.

One Hundred Paper Cuts: Karmic summary and Lucid plans

by Canonical on 24 November 2009

Karmic RetrospectiveLong story short: we fixed 76 paper cuts for Karmic. Hooray! Congratulations! For more details, see the Ubuntu wiki page.(I believe we...

Fresh off the press

by Canonical on 24 November 2009

I just got my copy of “The Book of Inkscape” by Dmitry Kirsanov. It has excellent information for inkscape users both new and old 😉

The most beautiful blog post ever*

by Canonical on 26 October 2009

Ladies and Gentlemen,I would like to share with you the short-list for the Ubuntu Karmic Koala Wallpaper’s Competition.We had so many fantastic entries and so...

On the Ubuntu 9.10 default wallpaper

by Canonical on 29 September 2009

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...

So.. I got this new job..

by Canonical on 29 September 2009

I always planned to make my millions and then spend them philanthropically, on a technological venture. Nanotech, bioengineering or artificial intelligence –...

It’s a typewriter too!

by Canonical on 28 September 2009

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

Ubuntu Karmic desktop

by Canonical on 25 September 2009

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...

Installing applications. There _is_ already a better way

by Canonical on 20 September 2009

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...

Unwatching the detail?

by Canonical on 11 September 2009

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...

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 8 Progress Report

by Canonical on 28 August 2009

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...

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 7 Progress Report

by Canonical on 20 August 2009

One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 7 drew to a close last week. Here are the paper cuts that were (or were not) addressed:GNOME Panel icons (on right side) move...