Unity Dark 64, a distribution based on Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (Precise Pangolin) that aims to show a more gritty and darker interface, has been launched. Unity Dark 64 features some new effects and takes a new approach with the Unity interface, integrating transitions and various other software.
Canonical announced the open source OpenStack cloud platform will be the core technology in its Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud package, which allows organizations to launch Linux-based clouds.
Sources have told GigaOM that Google will likely be launching a cloud services platform next week at Google I/O to compete with Amazon’s EC2 and Microsoft’s Azure services.
Unity Dark, a distribution based on Zorin Linux (which in turn is based on Ubuntu 12.04), featuring various Compiz effects and the Cinnamon desktop environment, is now at version 12.04.1.
Unity Dark or Unity Dark Re-Spin, as the developer Jesse calls it, has a less-than-orthodox approach. Other distributions based on Ubuntu usu... (read more)
Google announced an Android and Chrome browser-based IPTV platform today that will offer integrated search for content across TV, DVR, and the web. Initially optimized for the Dish Network, Google TV will arrive in set-tops and TVs later this year from Sony and Logitech, based on Intel's Atom-based CE4100 SoC, says Google....
Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth unveiled an improved Dash interface for Ubuntu's controversial Unity desktop in version 11.10, featuring panel changes and highly-filtered search. The Ubuntu project recently unleashed the third alpha release of Ubuntu 11.10 (& Oneiric Ocelot,& offering Linux 3.0, as well as Mozilla's Firefox 6.0 browser and Thunderbird 6.0 email client....
Canonical has unveiled a new Ubuntu Phone OS, featuring a UI optimized for small screen.
The interface uses same design principles as Unity for desktop (home screen, lenses, scopes, etc), but everything has been adapted to be touch friendly and suitable for mobile devices.
Check out some videos:
Hands on videos by Engadget and The Verge:
Ubuntu Phone
Apologises if this is in the wrong place, but I'd like to ask a few questions about the desktop Unity shell. With the recent announcement of Ubuntu Phone's native apps being coded in QML and C++, why on earth did Canonical opt to stick with Compiz and GTK for the desktop shell?
Ubuntu TV in fact, used the same codebase as Unity 2D.
Sneek Peak First Look Review style Screencast about the new Graphical User Interface called Unity for the upcoming Ubuntu Light which is a new derivative of the upcoming Ubuntu Linux 10.10 Netbook Edition for Tablets and Touch screen devices or netbooks. I demonstrate Unity running with Edubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx with a Virtual Machine inside [...]
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