More posts about “countdown”

4 Day Countdown Appears on Ubuntu Website

A minimal countdown has appeared on the official Ubuntu homepage - but what's it for? What is it counting down to? We play speculation inside.

18 July 2013

All-New Ubuntu Product to Launch Jan 2nd – But What Is It?

A new Ubuntu product will be unveiled by Canonical on Wednesday, January 2nd. Details are scant on the ground at present at present. So far the only known 'fact' is that which is written on the press release: it's an event to 'launch an all new Ubuntu product'.

31 December 2012
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Our Top 3 Ubuntu 12.04 Countdown Banner Contest Entries

With only a handful of days left to submit entries to the Ubuntu 12.04 Countdown Banner contest I couldn’t resist trawling through the 20 entries so far. It’s fair to say the standard and response to […]

9 March 2012
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Ubuntu 12.04 Countdown Banner Contest Opens

The countdown banner contest for Ubuntu 12.04 is now open for submissions. As one of the most widely distributed pieces of pre-Ubuntu release media, the countdown banners provides creative users of Ubuntu with the chance […]

22 February 2012
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Ubuntu 11.10 Countdown Banner Winner Revealed

The winner of the 'Ubuntu 11.10 Countdown Banner' contest has been revealed.

5 October 2011

One Day Left To Submit Your Ubuntu 11.10 Countdown Banners

There is barely a day left for the creative folks amongst you to submit your designs for Ubuntu 11.10's countdown banner.

19 September 2011
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Help Create A Countdown Banner for Ubuntu 11.10

The bi-annual call for Ubuntu countdown banners seems to have been whispered rather than shouted this year, but if you're game for creating a mini-timer the world can plaster around the interwebs from Oneiric Beta 2 onward - now's your chance!

15 September 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10 Countdown Widget for Android

How many days are left until the release of Ubuntu 11.10? If that's a question you cannot live without knowing the answer to (or if you just want to ramp up some excitement ahead of the release) the following 'Ubuntu Countdown' widget for Android devices serves that niche admirably: it counts down the days remaining until the next Ubuntu release.

2 September 2011
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Grab A Cool Ubuntu 11.10 Countdown Banner For Your Website

You want to put a countdown to Ocelot on your website or blog, but you want to do it in style. I feel ya' ;) An anonymous shyster sent in a link to the following set of HTML countdown badges for Ubuntu 11.10 that, dare I use the word that people hate me saying, are a bit on the sexy side.

15 August 2011

How Many Days Until Ubuntu 11.10 ? This Handy Script Lets You Know…

If you're a forgetful or just an easily excitable kind of person then you might want to know how many days are left until the release of 'Ubuntu 11.10'. The small script shows the number of days remaining until the next Ubuntu release using Ubuntu's notification system.

17 June 2011
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Ubuntu Natty release countdown banners chosen

Every cycle the Ubuntu project calls for people to submit their ideas for release countdown banners - small images that can be embedded in websites that update every day until they reach 0 when Ubuntu is released. This cycle is no different, and the winning three countdown banners were chosen earlier today.

8 April 2011
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Help Design Ubuntu 11.04’s official countdown banner

The bi-annual call for designed to create and submit Ubuntu release-date countdown widgets has been made - and here's how you can get involved.

20 March 2011