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Canonical
4 December 2012

Windows 8 part 3: Don’t let legacy apps block the benefits of open source

Desktop Article

Hidden away in the dark corner of every business there are monsters that scare the bejesus out of many an IT manager. They are little legacy applications, often unsupported by their creators, running on old spreadsheets, an ageing Access database or arcane Word macros. Now, big legacy applications, the kind that big businesses rely on, ...


Canonical
4 December 2012

How will consumerisation of personal devices affect the choice of OS?

Desktop News

Best of our webinars – (Relates to content in this webinar) Along with the cloud, one of the big trends in corporate IT in recent years is the consumerisation of personal computing. Telecoms contracts have made smartphones affordable for nearly everyone, encouraging many business people to start using their iPhone or Google Android device ...


Canonical
30 November 2012

Design and arts in education

Ubuntu Notes

Ubuntu’s design team supports #includedesign, which is a important initiative – supported by many design organizations and companies. ...


Canonical
29 November 2012

Sputnik – Dell’s Ubuntu-based developer laptop is here

Ubuntu Partners

Ubuntu has long been a favourite with developers – especially in the worlds of web and cloud development. We’re excited that, from today, serious (and not-so-serious) developers will be able to get their hands on the super-sleek Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition, preloaded with and fully optimised for Ubuntu. The Dell XPS 13 is a ...


Canonical
29 November 2012

Ubuntu and BitNami

Cloud and server Videos

Learn why BitNami uses Ubuntu on Amazon Web Services to help developers adapt their applications to work on the desktop, the server and the cloud. ...


Canonical
29 November 2012

What’s next for OpenStack?

Cloud and server Videos

OpenStack is an open source phenomenon. What started as a disruptive force for early adopting developers has morphed into the platform of choice for some of the world’s biggest clouds. ...


Canonical
25 November 2012

llgo update #10: "hello, world!" redux

Ubuntu Article

It’s about time for another progress update on llgo. I’ve made decent progress recently, so let’s go through what’s new.HighlightsI’ve been refactoring bits of code and fixing bugs aplenty, so there is a mass of noise in the git commits. In terms of ne ...


Matthew Paul Thomas
23 November 2012

Solving design problems

Ubuntu Featured

To solve a design problem, define the target user, test the existing solution (if any), evaluate alternative solutions, and test with real users. The more of these steps you can follow, the better the results. ...


Canonical
21 November 2012

Six near-future scenarios

Cloud and server Article

Enterprise cloud computing might be uncertain. But if you want to start making it happen then you’ve come to the right place. This new, free ebook will show you why Ubuntu is the ideal platform for the enterprise cloud. There are six major scenarios that will start to impact your business soon.Here are the six ...


Canonical
21 November 2012

What’s Ubuntu’s role in OpenStack?

Cloud and server Videos

Ubuntu is the fastest and best-supported route to creating an OpenStack cloud. ...


Canonical
15 November 2012

Unity Technologies releases 4.0 including game export for Ubuntu

Ubuntu Partners

The Unity cross-platform development tool version 4 has been released from beta into the growing world of Ubuntu game development. Every Unity developer is now only a few clicks away from publishing in the Ubuntu Software Center with Unity 4.0’s new Linux Deployment Preview. You can download a 30-day preview of all the Pro features, ...