by Jono Bacon | Oct 21, 2009 | Ubuntu
One of the ways in which many people have been able to experience Ubuntu is via Canonical’s [ShipIt](https://shipit.ubuntu.com/) program, which has shipped millions of CDs to new users. This has provided a valuable opportunity for new users to try Ubuntu and for...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 21, 2009 | Ubuntu
[System76](https://system76.com/) who are the makers of [this](https://system76.com/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=89): …have also proven themselves to be incredibly supportive of Ubuntu and growing our community. I just wanted to point you all at...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 20, 2009 | Ubuntu
[Five years ago today](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2004-October/000003.html), the first ever Ubuntu (Warty Warthog) was released. Back then I was an Open Source Consultant working for the government-funded...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 20, 2009 | Ubuntu
I have a crazy-busy day today, so I am going to keep this short. I just wanted to share how cool [Ubuntu One](https://one.ubuntu.com/) is working out for me, and how it can rock your world too as it ships in the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, released *next week*!...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 19, 2009 | Article, Community
Those lovely people at [ZDNet](https://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=26136&tag=col1;post-26136) have let me write a guest post about community, and I have contributed an article called [Failure as a springboard to...
