Humanity Icon Theme Updated To Match The New Ubuntu Branding

The Humanity Icon Theme got a really nice update in Ubuntu Lucid today which brings integration with the new branding (purple that is) as well as a new Banshee monochrome icon for the panel.
You can preview the updated icons below:
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16 things that could be improved in Ubuntu 10.04

In this post I’m going to list 16 things that I think could be improved in Lucid. I’m going to try my best to address the issues in detail and offer solutions. Of course, all of this is also a matter of opinion too. The object of this post is to make you think about [...]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #184

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is Issue #184 for the week March 7th – March 13th, 2010 and is available here.
In this issue we cover:
* Lucid Kernel now Frozen
* Ubuntu 10.04 beta 1 freeze now in effect
* Intel, Eucalyptus and Canonical join forces to help user build cloud infrastructures confidently
* Call for Testing: [...]

Current Ubuntu 10.04 Review

With Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) so far our first impressions aren’t good. 10.04 booted to the “Install” prompt from a LiveCD in 4 minutes and 23 seconds, compared to a solid 40 seconds on Debian Squeeze (“testing” repository) from a LiveCD on the same machine, and Debian’s LiveCD isn’t even the “normal” way of installing [...]

Testing The Different Ubuntu 10.04 Kernels

The release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS “Lucid Lynx” is quickly approaching next month and it will arrive with a whole set of new features and improvements including a faster boot process, a long-awaited new theme, the Nouveau driver to replace the crippled xf86-video-nv driver, the unveiling of the Ubuntu One Music Store, integration of Plymouth, [...]

Ubuntu Without a Human Face

The big news out of the Ubuntu world this month is the radically refurbished look introduced to accompany Lucid when it’s released in April, replacing the orange-brown “Human” theme that Ubuntu users have known and loved–or not–since 2004.  Here’ s a look at the new face of Ubuntu, with an attempt at abstract thoughts related [...]

Ubuntu Server: The Linux OS Dark Horse

Everyone has heard of Ubuntu Linux and how great it is on the desktop, but have you heard that there’s a server version of that same uber-cool operating system? There is, and you should know about it. Ubuntu Server not only follows the same twice yearly updates (April and October) as its desktop counterpart does, [...]

New Proposed Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 Ubiquity Slideshow

The Ubuntu Ubiquity Slideshow is a project which uses Webkit that provides a slideshow when you install Ubuntu.
Here is how the Ubuntu 10.04 Ubiquity slideshow looks currently:
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Time For Ubuntu to Fork Evolution

No one can deny the current face of Linux to the masses is Ubuntu. It’s massively more popular than any other distro which makes it the flagship for breaking existing market strangleholds.
Take the Enterprise server OS market for instance, a traditionally strong area for Linux anyway, Canonical (the controlling company of Ubuntu) have rightly seen [...]

Ubuntu’s new look

The Linux world is all excited about Ubuntu’s new look but surely there are more important things that need to be done to make Ubuntu more appealing?
News this week that Ubuntu was introducing a new, refreshed, look for its brand as well as a new default theme for its Ubuntu distribution has got everyone talking. [...]