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 | Dec 9, 2012 | Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
For quite some time now we have had some information about how to join the Ubuntu community at www.ubuntu.com/community. This documentation has traditionally been pretty limited, doesn’t really help get people started effectively, and doesn’t represent the...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 7, 2012 | Community, Desktop, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
This is a personal post and does not neccessarily represent the views of Canonical or the Ubuntu community. Today Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU project and Free Software Foundation wrote a critical post accusing Ubuntu of shipping spyware (which is referring to...
by Jono Bacon | Dec 6, 2012 | Community, Planet Ubuntu
A few months ago the second edition of my book The Art of Community was released. You can buy the book in print or for your e-reader/tablet, or you download the Creative Commons licensed PDF. If you download the free PDF all I ask is that you put a review up somewhere...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 30, 2012 | Article, Canonical, Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
Last week Benjamin Otte shared some thoughts about GNOME that were pretty stark. It gathered some steam and hit Slashdot and this all happened the week GUADEC was taking place in A Coruña. I wasn’t at GUADEC 🙁 but I can imagine there was some fervent discussion...
