Mark Shuttleworth: 11.04, a leap forward | Linux Today

Mark Shuttleworth: 11.04, a leap forward

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 29, 2011

“Users first, on free software. That has always been our
mission: we set out to bring the joys and freedoms and innovation
and performance and security that have always been part of the
Linux platform, to a consumer audience. And yesterday marked the
biggest leap forward in that mission that Ubuntu has ever taken,
because in addition to the work we always do to make sure that the
world’s best free software is polished and integrated, we brought
something new to the very core of the user experience of the free
platform: Unity.

“We put user’s first because we committed to test and iterate
Unity’s design with real users, and evolve it based on those
findings.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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