Ubuntu TV: the case for Unity
By now you should have heard that Canonical is branching out from the desktop and has begun work on getting Ubuntu on TVs. Lost in all the discussion of OEM partnerships and content distribution...
View ArticleSinglet + Quickly: Better, Faster, Simpler
One of the most requesting things since I first introduced Singlet was to have a Quickly template for creating Unity Lenses with it. After weeks of waiting, and after upgrading Singlet to work in...
View ArticleSo you want to try switching to Ubuntu?
Over the years there have been no shortage of articles where people try switching to Ubuntu (or other distro) for some period of time, to see if they can use it as a replacement for Windows. Some are...
View ArticleCreation as Contribution
This was originally part of my post Distribution is Contribution, but it wasn’t the primary point I wanted to make there, and I realized there was far more I wanted to say about this subject....
View ArticleBonjour, Hola, and Hallo Unity!
Hello Unity is now open for translations! Please help me make this technology showcase is available to application developers in your native language. Translations are done through Launchpad, and will...
View ArticleApp Development at UDS-Q
My big focus during the week of UDS will be on improving our Application Developer story, tools and services. Ubuntu 12.04 is already an excellent platform for app developers, now we need to work on...
View ArticleWhy the Linux desktop is not dead
Because you will never, ever, see this headline: Linux Corporation discontinues desktop product, fires developers. As long as there are people who want a Linux desktop, there will be a Linux desktop....
View ArticleUbBloPoMo ends
I almost forgot to post today, which would have been sad because it’s the last day of my UbBloPoMo plan. But I still have 30 minutes before March 1st (my time), so I’ll type quickly to make this one...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Systems
Two years ago, my wife and I made the decision to home-school our two children. It was the best decision we could have made, our kids are getting a better education, and with me working from home...
View ArticleMy SCaLE 13x and UbuCon review
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the thirteenth Southern California Linux Expo, more commonly known at SCaLE 13x. It was my first time back in five years, since I attended 9x, and...
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