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Canonical Drop Funding for Kubuntu
Canonical will no longer provide financial support to the lead developer of Kubuntu after the April release of Kubuntu 12.04.
“We’re Going to be Building Awesome Things” – Ubuntu TV Interview with Canonical’s Will Cooke
Ubuntu TV captured the attention and imaginations of the technology press after its reveal at CES 2012. And rightly so. The demo of Ubuntu TV shown off at the event proved that not only are Canonical serious about a multi-device future for Ubuntu and its Unity interface, but also have the engineering and design expertise to pull it [...]
Canonical Reverse Java Uninstall Decision
Canonical have reversed their decision to remove Java from Ubuntu users’ machines.
Oracle, the owners of Sun Java, retired the ‘distributor license’ that allows operating system vendors to provide the package to users in August of last year. This change in terms forced Ubuntu’s security board to announce that it would be removing Sun JDK package from its ‘Partner’ repository, and ‘upgrading’ the official Java release on Ubuntu 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04 with an ‘empty’ package, thus disabling it. as a ‘security measure’.
Ubuntu Tablet to Compete with Android, iOS
An Ubuntu tablet will ‘battle’ against Android and iOS Canonical’s CEO Jane Silber has said. And although Ubuntu isn’t running on tablets yet she told Techworld‘s Paul Krill that ’announcements in that area‘ are to be made later this year. Ubuntu tablet Ubuntu Tablet has been a long-held want for many Ubuntu users. As the owner of a variety of [...]
How Does Ubuntu TV Look in Action? Like This…
More information on the newly revealed Ubuntu TV has been made available online by Canonical. Alongside a new mini-site to promote the OS to device manufactures, a short video showing off the UI of the entertainment-orientated OS spin in action has been put online. Features The official ‘Ubuntu TV’ site lists a features to be found in the [...]
Ubuntu TV Revealed at CES; to Ship in 2012
Ubuntu TV has been unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, after Jane Silber announced Canonical would have something to show last week.
The interface will look very familiar for Unity users, as it appears to simply be an Ubuntu installation running with some custom Unity lenses for browsing movies, TV Shows, music, watching YouTube, and more.
Trauma was Most Bought Ubuntu App in December
Adventure game ‘Trauma’ topped the list of Ubuntu’s top selling paid apps in December.
Last month’s top selling Software Centre item – the critically acclaimed puzzle game Braid – drops two places to 3.
Read on for the full top 10 paid apps, and top 10 free apps…
‘Ubuntu TV’ to be Revealed at CES
An Ubuntu-powered internet TV is Canonical’s mystery ‘Ubuntu Concept Design’.
The prototype device will be shown off during next weeks Consumer Electronics Show.
Is ‘Ubuntu Concept Design’ a Unity Phone?
The rumour mill is cranking into overdrive as to what form Canonical’s ‘Ubuntu Concept Design’ CES reveal will take. But there may be a clue what it might be by looking at Canonical’s diary for the following month. Unity Phone Between 27 February – 1 March 2012 the company will be attending the GSMA World Mobile [...]
Canonical Seeking Designer for ‘Core Apps’, ‘HIG’
A recent job posting from Canonical appears to hint at Ubuntu’s continued commitment to first-class user experience. Some of the key ‘responsibilities’ listed in the opening make for interesting reading. They call for: – ‘…[a] talented, creative and self-motivated interaction designer to design a set of core applications for Ubuntu, leading the process from scoping [...]
Canonical to Reveal ‘Ubuntu Concept Design’ At CES 2012
Canonical will show off an ‘exclusive Ubuntu concept design’ at next weeks (10th – 13th January) Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
And, tantalisingly, we’ve been told that the top secret design is ‘so awesome’ that ‘it might just surprise a lot of people in the industry.’
Just what could it be? We have a think…
Java To Be Removed from Ubuntu, Uninstalled from User Machines
Oracle’s Sun Java JDK packages are to be removed from the Ubuntu partner repositories and disabled on users systems.
Oracle, in retiring the ‘Operating System Distributor License for Java’, means Canonical no longer have permission to distribute the package.
The change will affect Ubuntu 10.04 LTs, Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 users only.
PayPal Support to Land in the Ubuntu Software Centre ‘Before Xmas’
PayPal support is coming to the Ubuntu Software Centre later this month, Canonical’s Stuart Metcalfe has announced.
Ubuntu Adds Extra Glow to Nokia’s Public Lumia 800 Event
Yesterday evening London’s iconic Millbank tower became the canvas upon which an awe inspiring light show took place. The 387 ft tall building was painted, warped and transformed by an array of lights and sound during a public 30 minute display by Nokia, who were using the event to garner excitement for their ‘Lumia 800′ handset, the Finnish [...]
Unity 3D Ported to OpenGL ES on ARM
The Ubuntu Developer Summit held earlier this month in California, US, was home to a wealth of discussion, demo and debate on all manners Ubuntu.
Part of that extended to Linaro – the ARM-orientated software engineering company of which Canonical are a driving member – who showed off a port of Unity 3D running on an ARM Cortex-A9 Pandaboard using OpenGL ES – a “..subset of the OpenGL 3D graphics API designed for embedded systems such as mobile phones, PDAs, and video game consoles.”
And its potential is massive.