by Jono Bacon | Nov 10, 2010 | Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
I remember when I first got involved in Linux and Free Software, the Linux desktop was a pretty ugly place. Much of the reason for this was that getting a graphical display running was in itself a bit of a luxury, and one earned with lots of config file hacking and...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 25, 2010 | Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
Mark just announced at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando that we will be shipping the Unity environment in the Ubuntu desktop edition. Unity is the environment we shipped on the Ubuntu Netbook Edition for the first time in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, and users...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 25, 2010 | Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
Some time back the Ayatana project introduced the [Application Indicator Framework](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators), based upon technology created by the KDE project. We have been shipping this technology in Ubuntu for a few...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 30, 2010 | Canonical, Community, Desktop, Ubuntu
Earlier this week at GUADEC, the always affable Dave Neary presented his GNOME Census work. Unfortunately, I was not there to see it, but I read his [excellent post on the topic](https://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2010/07/28/gnome-census/). One of the reactions from the...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 27, 2010 | Desktop
I have always been a fan of helping in any way I can to encourage people to support small organizations and businesses who are doing their best to be successful by working hard and providing a friendly, honest service. For the earlier part of this week I am in The...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 13, 2010 | Canonical, Desktop, Ubuntu
I am totally digging the sound menu that is shipping in the development branch of [Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat](): It feels well designed, implemented and sleek. Great work mpt and Conor!
