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Gestures are a powerful interaction language that will be as relevant for desktops as it is on phones and tablets. Ubuntu 10.10 has a gesture framework that...

My new friend has gone missing! Have you seen Rick?

It’s Friday the 13th! Thankfully it’s past midday so safe to write this post. We’ve had a busy week although it’s been a bit quiet as people have been away on...

In our second post from Dalton Maag we get an insight into the origin of our very own Ubuntu font.

Very kindly donated to me by Ale on the design team here at Canonical. Maverick, Rick for short, sits proudly on my desk. He joins the lovely plush Lynx from...

When conducting and writing up user research findings, I make a point of defining the experience goals alongside participant’s actual real life goals.  This...

As work on the font continues we thought it would be good to get some insight from the people working on developing it. In the first of these posts, Bruno...

Photo (cc) Matt McGeeYou’re an up and coming band. You’re gonna get signed soon. You’ll get played on the radio. You’ll tour the world. You’re gonna teach...

We hit another important milestone today! Find out what pesky papercuts have been resolved!

One of our key objectives when we started conceptualising the new themes was their ability to be immediately recognisable as Ubuntu, even if represented as a...

The latest in news from the design team and our work on fonts, research, exciting visions of the future of our favourite desktop and a chance for YOU to get...

It’s Font Friday – read all about it!

Showing a few mockups of track data overlayed on album art in the new sound menu in Maverick Meerkat, 10.10.

After the success of the wallpaper competition, and with theFree Culture Showcase’s growing momentum, we are turning our attention to Ubuntu’s sound theme....

This week we’ve been to GUADEC, researched Shotwell and released an update to the new font! And it’s nearly the end of July?! When did that happen?!

I am happy to announce that we have just updated the Ubuntu Font Beta ppa. Enjoy!