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May 2010

Ubuntu Netbook Edition : “Canonical Desktop Experience Team” team

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Ubuntu Netbook Edition 1. “Canonical Desktop Experience Team” team 2. Ubuntu Netbook Edition PPA description Contains the latest packages for Ubuntu Netbook Edition from the Canonical Desktop Experience Team Adding this PPA to your system You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding ppa:canonical-dx-team/une to your system's Software Sources. (Read about installing) Technical details about this PPA This PPA can be added to your system manually by copying the lines below and adding them to your system's software sources. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/canonical-dx-team/une/ubuntu lucid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/canonical-dx-team/une/ubuntu lucid main Signing key: 1024R/7AE26941 (What is this?) Fingerprint: B830F373C1A4AB09059A12F8AA2BB78B7AE26941 For questions and bugs with software in this PPA please contact Canonical Desktop Experience Team.

Want to try Ubuntu Unity on your netbook? : Netbook Reviews

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Want to try Ubuntu Unity on your netbook? Want to test the Unity before Ubuntu Light is released to the public? Add ppa:canonical-dx-team/une to your system’s software sources and install the Unity from software center. Then do a reboot and voila! Of course, the prerequisite is that you need to have either Ubuntu standard or Ubuntu Netbook Edition installed. [more here]

Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » Unity, and Ubuntu Light

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Unity, and Ubuntu Light Monday, May 10th, 2010 A few months ago we took on the challenge of building a version of Ubuntu for the dual-boot, instant-on market. We wanted to be surfing the web in under 10 seconds, and give people a fantastic web experience. We also wanted it to be possible to upgrade from that limited usage model to a full desktop. The fruit of that R&D is both a new desktop experience codebase, called Unity, and a range of Light versions of Ubuntu, both netbook and desktop, that are optimised for dual-boot scenarios. The dual-boot, web-focused use case is sufficiently different from general-purpose desktop usage to warrant a fresh look at the way the desktop is configured. We spent quite a bit of time analyzing screenshots of a couple of hundred different desktop configurations from the current Ubuntu and Kubuntu user base, to see what people used most. We also identified the things that are NOT needed in lightweight dual-boot instant-on offerings. That provided us both with a list of things to focus on and make rich, and a list of things we could leave out. Instant-on products are generally used in a stateless fashion. These are “get me to the web asap” environments, with no need of heavy local file management. If there is content there, it would be best to think of it as “cloud like” and synchronize it with the local Windows environment, with cloud services and other devices. They are also not environments where people would naturally expect to use a wide range of applications: the web is the key, and there may be a few complementary capabilities like media playback, messaging, games, and the ability to connect to local devices like printers and cameras and pluggable media. We also learned something interesting from users. It’s not about how fast you appear to boot. It’s about how fast you actually deliver a working web browser and Internet connection. It’s about how fast you have a running system that is responsive to the needs of the user. Unity: a lightweight netbook interface There are several driving forces behind the result. The desktop screenshots we studied showed that people typically have between 3 and 10 launchers on their panels, for rapid access to key applications. We want to preserve that sense of having a few favorite applications that are instantly accessible. Rather than making it equally easy to access any installed application, we assume that almost everybody will run one of a few apps, and they need to switch between those apps and any others which might be running, very easily. We focused on maximising screen real estate for content. In particular, we focused on maximising the available vertical pixels for web browsing. Netbooks have screens which are wide, but shallow. Notebooks in general are moving to wide screen formats. So vertical space is more precious than horizontal space. We also want to embrace touch as a first class input. We want people to be able to launch and switch between applications using touch, so the launcher must be finger friendly.

Mark Shuttleworth presenta Unity y Ubuntu Light

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Mark Shuttleworth presenta Unity y Ubuntu Light Y si creías que ya no hacía falta ninguna "edición" de Ubuntu más es porque no contabas con la astucia de Mark Shuttleworth, que con este largo anuncio en su blog presentó Unity y Ubuntu Light. Unity es una nueva interface gráfica especialmente diseñada para las pequeñas pantallas de netbooks y otros dispositivos portátiles, que está enfocada en aprovechar al máximo el limitado espacio disponible para presentar el contenido que requiera el usuario, como páginas web por ejemplo. Unity debutará oficialmente en el próximo Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10, pero quienes deseen probarlo ahora mismo pueden seguir estas instrucciones si ya tienen instalado Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Ubuntu Light es la entrada de Canonical en el mercado de los sistemas operativos instantáneos, como Splashtop o HyperSpace, que generamente se integran en rápidos dispositivos de sólo lectura para ofrecer un escritorio funcional que pueda arrancar en sólo segundos. Su disponibilidad no impide que sean incluídos paralelamente con otros sistemas operativos tradicionales, como Windows, por lo que ya probaron ser populares entre fabricantes como HP y Dell. Obviamente, Ubuntu Light usa Unity, pero además, según Canonical, puede arrancar en sólo 7 segundos (usando un disco SSD) en una Dell Inspiron Mini 10v. Ubuntu Light está disponible a partir de hoy mismo para OEMs quieran incluirlo en sus productos.

March 2010

Dell Ubuntu Support - Ubuntu Forums

Dell Ubuntu Support Got a Dell powered by Ubuntu? Or thinking about getting one? Discuss it here. Search Forums Show Threads Show Posts Tag Search Advanced Search Get All New Posts Last 15 Minutes Last 30 Minutes Last Hour 2 Hours 4 Hours 8 Hours 12 Hours 1 Day 2 Days Find All Your Threads Find All Your Posts Go to Page... Ubuntu Forums Help About Ubuntu Forums Ubuntu Forums Code of Conduct Forum FAQ Forum Council Information Who we are Forum Council Agenda Forum Governance New Thread Page 1 of 221 1 2 3 11 51 101 > Last » Threads in Forum : Dell Ubuntu Support

September 2008

Dell Ubuntu Systems Launching in Canada and Latin America - Direct2Dell

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Dell Ubuntu Systems Launching in Canada and Latin America Thu. Feb. 21, 2008 Several new developments on the Linux front today. We're introducing Ubuntu 7.10-based Dell systems in Canada and Latin America. Beyond that, we're introducing the Inspiron 1525n to customers in the United States. Like Daniel mentioned earlier this week, the 1525n is already available to customers in the U.K., Spain, France and Germany. All of these systems will include built-in DVD playback capability. Lots of customers like Jimmy and Simon have asked for Ubuntu support in Canada. Now Dell Canada customers can order the Inspiron 1525n, XPS M1330n and the Inspiron 530 desktop. More information is here: http://www.dell.ca/open In Latin America, initially we will offer the Inspiron 1525n and the Inspiron 530n desktop to customers in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Right now, customers can order systems via phone by clicking on that country and clicking the Sales Support, then Call Sales. Systems will be availble online to Latin American customers in the coming weeks. See this post in DellenDirecto for more details. Update, February 22: These Ubuntu systems are available across Latin America, not just the countries I listed above.

August 2007

Has Ubuntu clinched the desktop Linux market?

On the surface a two-month delay in Red Hat’s release of Global Desktop Linux is no big deal. (Picture of a Dell laptop running Ubuntu from Indiecom.)