All articles by Benjamin Humphrey

Interface Designer, OMG! Ubuntu! tech journalist and co-founder, Google and Ubuntu fanboy, part time musician, private pilot, geek. @humphreybc on Twitter.

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UDS-M: Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition default applications: No significant change from Lucid

The Default Application Selection for Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook edition was today discussed at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Belgium – and threw up a few surprises! Chromium is to become the default browser for Ubuntu […]

13 May 2010
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UDS-M: Ubuntu Netbook Edition global menu is going to rock; demonstration

There were a couple of UDS sessions today that covered the new global menu for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Netbook Edition. It was decided that the global menu will be tested in Maverick Netbook Edition and a […]

12 May 2010
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The Ubuntu Support and Learning Center

In the Ubuntu Manual Project we are always looking for ways to make our content and material available to as many people as possible. We make it available in different languages and downloadable in different […]

12 May 2010
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UDS-M: Me Menu getting improvements for Maverick

The Me Menu in Ubuntu 10.04 is getting much needed improvements for Ubuntu 10.10 based on user feedback and research conducted recently. Some new features and bug fixes planned from the UDS session: Notifications to […]

11 May 2010
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UDS-M: Design, design, design!

Design. The word on everyones lips after the release of Lucid Lynx, at least around these parts! The Canonical design team has only been around for one year, that is, two releases. They’re a very […]

10 May 2010
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Ubuntu Developer Summit Maverick plenary and keynote: New Ubuntu "instant on", netbook shell, more

Well, here I am at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Brussels, Belgium. Yesterday I got to head into Brussels and have a look around with a couple of Italian friends from the Italy LoCo team. […]

10 May 2010
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OMG! Ubuntu! Podcast ‘Ubuntuesday’: Episode 1

“The podcast for people who don’t like podcasts, brought to you by people who know nothing about podcasts.” Hello, hello, good evening. Yes, you read the title correctly! After two weeks delay since we announced […]

4 May 2010
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Danny Piccirillo’s rockin’ post-install guide for Lucid

Danny Piccirillo has posted an awesome Lucid post-install guide on his blog that covers a lot of cool stuff that you can do with Ubuntu 10.04 after installing it, including a great list of quality applications […]

2 May 2010
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Ubuntu Manual reaches 20,000 downloads on first day

Just a quick post to share the exciting news that “Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04,” which was released about 18 hours before Lucid, had 20,000 downloads in the first 24 hours and is now up […]

1 May 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ‘The Lucid Lynx’ Released!

After a hectic 6 month cycle complete with controversy, last minute bugs and exciting new features, the latest Ubuntu release, 10.04 Long Term Support “Lucid Lynx” has been unleashed into the wild. But what’s new? […]

29 April 2010
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Ubuntu fixes 102 papercuts for Lucid

The papercuts project has fixed 102 papercuts for Lucid which is, if you passed High School maths, 2 more than the target! Yay! For those who don’t know what the papercuts project is all about: […]

29 April 2010
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Ubuntu Manpages website first to reflect new branding

The Ubuntu manpages website appears to be the first “ubuntu.com” website to reveal the new branding which was announced a few weeks ago during the Lucid development cycle. You can see the rest of the […]

29 April 2010