by Jono Bacon | Jul 10, 2013 | Canonical, Community, Ubuntu
Earlier today [Mark Shuttleworth blogged](https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1269) about the evolution of [Mir](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mir), the powerful display server we are building as one component in the Ubuntu convergence story across desktops, phones,...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 9, 2013 | Community
Today is a sad day for Free Software. We discovered today that [Seth Vidal was killed in a bike accident](https://durham.io/2013/07/09/seth-vidal-creator-of-yum-open-source-software-killed-in-bike-accident-off-hillandale-rd/). Seth was very active in Fedora. He was...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 9, 2013 | Canonical, Community
A few weeks ago we [announced the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group](https://ubuntu-cag.com/) (CAG). The CAG is designed to provide a place where carriers can help influence the development and requirements of Ubuntu for smartphones. The founding members of the CAG were...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 5, 2013 | Community, Ubuntu
Over the course of the year we have been seeing fantastic progress with Ubuntu and our convergence story. This includes [eight carriers in the Carrier Advisory Group](https://ubuntu-cag.com/), strong interest from hardware manufacturers, significant coverage from...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 2, 2013 | Canonical, Community, Ubuntu
Beginning last week, we started our *Ubuntu Weekly Update* videocast that provides a range of weekly updates to keep our community, press, upstreams, and partners in the loop and up to date with recent progress. Today’s show was a special *two-hour* show with...