Android was not crated by Google! It was developed by Android, Inc., a small startup company from California, US. Google acquired the company in 2005 and in 2007 created the initial version of the Android SDK (software development kit). Later, in 2008 the Android 1.0 SDK was released. Starting with version 1.5, every major relase of Android is named with a name based on a desert.
Following the Android Developers's Guide definition, Android represents a software stack, that is a set of software subsystems needed to create a fully functional solutions, at the first place for mobile devices.
Many users compain that the unity launcher doesn't show when cursor is moved to the left edge of the screen in Ubuntu 12.04.
Many of them reported this issue as a bug, but it is a feature instead. Some tries to push mouse cursor hard to the left hoping that unity launcher will appear, but without success.
By default Unity launcher position is fixed on left side of the screen. It is very useful to have it with auto hide option enabled, so we'll explain how to configure auto hide unity launcher in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.
How to enable auto hide unity launcher in Ubuntu 12.04
Here are the steps you should follow in order to turn on unity launcher auto-hide:
1) Go to Dash
2) Run System Settings
3) Click on Appearance in Personal section
4) Select Behavior tab
5) Turn on Auto-hide the Launcher
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