Issue 7: Gestures

Maverick Meerkat is here and ready to rock! In this issue, we describe Ubuntu's new features and take a special look at uTouch, Ubuntu's new multi-touch framework. Plus, interviews with Chris Kenyon and Mark Shuttleworth point to new directions.

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News

Welcome to Ubuntu User: Marcel welcomes Maverick Meerkat and ponders gesture-based interfaces in movies and real life.
Jono’s Column: It’s Jono’s four-year anniversary with Canonical, but he’s looking to the future.
Interview: Chris Kenyon wants Ubuntu pre-installed everywhere.
News: Mark Shuttleworth on the new uTouch framework, Google open sources Liquid Galaxy, Ubucompilator beta release, Canonical demos a brand new user-aware framework prototype.
Letters

Features

What’s New in Ubuntu: An improved Software Center and multi-touch support.
Enabling Gestures with Extensions: Marcel examines gesture capabilities in various browsers.
Ubuntu’s uTouch Framework: Ubuntu brings multi-touch to the masses.
Easystroke: This easy tool lets you define mouse gestures to control your computer.
Keeping an Eye on Things: The Sighttpd streaming server transmits audio and video over the web.

Know-How

Music Player Daemon: Set up your own Internet radio station with MPD.
Easy HDR: High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography doesn’t have to be hard.
Thinkingrock: This cool tool helps you keep your life organized.
Inkscape for the Web: Put the Inkscape vector editor to work as a web design tool.
Answerbuntu: Get answers to your Ubuntu configuration questions.
Building Packages: We show you how to build and rebuild Ubuntu packages.
Scripting: Use these Bash scripts to automate repetitive tasks.