by Jono Bacon | Jul 20, 2017 | Desktop, Linux, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
Recently, I posted a piece about distributions consolidating around a consistent app store. In it I mentioned Flatpak as a potential component and some people wondered why I didn’t recommend Snappy, particularly due to my Canonical heritage. To be clear (and to...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 13, 2017 | Desktop, Linux, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
When I joined Canonical in 2006, the Linux desktop world operated in a very upstream way. All distributions used the Linux kernel, all used X, and the majority shipped either GNOME, KDE, or both. The following years mixed things up a little. As various companies...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 30, 2012 | Article, Canonical, Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
Last week [Benjamin Otte shared some thoughts about GNOME](http://blogs.gnome.org/otte/2012/07/27/staring-into-the-abyss/) that were pretty stark. It gathered some steam and hit Slashdot and this all happened the week [GUADEC](http://guadec.org/) was taking place in A...
by Jono Bacon | May 31, 2012 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
We are delighted to announce that the [Humble Indie Bundle](http://www.humblebundle.com/?utm_source=ubuntu), that was just announced will have all the games available in the [Ubuntu Software Center](http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/features/ubuntu-software-centre) running...
by Jono Bacon | Apr 26, 2012 | Canonical, Cloud, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
Today we released the highly-anticipated Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release after a busy six month development cycle. The release is available in [Desktop](http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop) (see OMG! Ubuntu!’s [great...
by Jono Bacon | Mar 12, 2012 | Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Random
Update: I cut the cord from DirecTV and life is so much better. Read about how I did this with Playstation Vue here. I don’t write a lot on my blog about issues with companies, service providers, and otherwise, but yesterday my wife and I discovered something...
