{"id":9243,"date":"2014-12-01T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dylanmc.ca\/\/-\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=9243"},"modified":"2022-08-12T11:09:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T18:09:42","slug":"ubiquity-slideshow","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/dylanmc.ca\/\/-\/portfolio\/ubiquity-slideshow\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu Installer Slideshow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"dylanmccall-list-plain wp-block-list\"><li><em>Personal project<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"dylanmccall-list-badges wp-block-list\"><li>desktop<\/li><li>web<\/li><li>ubuntu<\/li><li>gtk+<\/li><li>webkit<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Ubiquity Slideshow is a simple presentation that appears while users install the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/\">Ubuntu<\/a> operating system. The project aims to encourage and inspire people so they are more comfortable using the  system. I created it with the help of some talented designers in the Ubuntu community.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The slideshow has been included since Ubuntu 9.10, shipping to millions of users. It is implemented as HTML and JavaScript,&nbsp;embedded in the installer using <a href=\"https:\/\/webkitgtk.org\/\">WebkitGTK<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project has seen many contributors through its life and it also includes slideshows for different Ubuntu flavours such as Xubuntu and Kubuntu. The project&#8217;s build system uses <a href=\"https:\/\/po4a.org\/\">po4a<\/a>, so it is easy for translators to localize the slideshow through Launchpad&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/translations.launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu\">web interface for translations<\/a>. The slideshow currently supports over 50 languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point, the design and copy is contributed by Canonical&#8217;s design team. I implemented those designs and I wrote code to fit the pieces together \u2014 always making sure slideshows are easy to create. Since I wandered off to other places, I have enjoyed watching this project from the sidelines. I am glad that it is generally running fine: people know how to continue maintaining it so Ubuntu makes a good first impression, and it appears to be relatively trouble-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working on the slideshow gave me a wonderful opportunity to interact with different people in the Ubuntu community, and I greatly enjoyed it.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"dylanmccall-list-plain wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dylanmc.ca\/\/-\/blog\/tag\/ubiquity-slideshow\/\">Blog posts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu\">Lauchpad project<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"dylanmccall-list-plain wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Personal project<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"dylanmccall-list-badges wp-block-list\">\n<li>desktop<\/li>\n<li>web<\/li>\n<li>ubuntu<\/li>\n<li>gtk+<\/li>\n<li>webkit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ubiquity Slideshow is a simple presentation that appears while users install the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/\">Ubuntu<\/a> operating system. The project aims to encourage and inspire people so they are more comfortable using the  system. 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