According to reports, Ubuntu might be moving away from the six month release cycle to a rolling release. According to Mark Shuttleworth, daily updates are required in an increasingly internet based world to keep Ubuntu up to date with other platforms.

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Well the surprises just keeps mounting. After shocking everyone with the announcement that Ubuntu 11.04 will have Unity on the desktop instead of GNOME Shell, Mark Shuttleworth announced another possibly bigger change – Unity is going to use Wayland display server instead of X. This will not be implemented in Ubuntu 11.04 though

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In the Ubuntu Developers Summit today, Mark Shuttleworth announced some very interesting new features and ideas regarding the future Ubuntu releases. He announced Unity – a new netbook interface and Ubuntu Light – a new instant-on Ubuntu for OEM.

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Finally, Mark Shuttleworth has lifted the secrecy over what the newly freed space on the right after moving the windows control button to the left is going to be used for. It is going to be used for what he calls- “Windicators”.

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Canonical introduced a new design for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, which is due for release this April. The new theme introduced a radical change by putting the windows control buttons on the left instead of the right. This has caused quite a controversy with a lot of users demanding that it be put back on…

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Jono Bacon, Alan Pope, and many others have written, yesterday we published a new visual story and style for Ubuntu. The core design work was lead by Marcus Haslam, Otto Greenslade and Dominic Edmunds, who are the three visual artists leading our efforts in the Canonical Design team. Once we had the base ideas in place we…

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Ubuntu has come a long way since it’s start in 2004. Through these years Ubuntu has changed the face of the linux operating system and has made linux more user-friendly than ever before. Come Ubuntu 10.04 (codenamed Lucid Lynx), a lot is set to change in the Ubuntu Community. Based on a review of brand…

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In a very surprise announcement, Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical Ltd., the company behind Ubuntu, announced today that he will be stepping down as the CEO of Canonical Ltd. by March 2010. The position of CEO will be handed over to Jane Silber, who is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Canonical Ltd. Shuttleworth…

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