by Jono Bacon | Aug 1, 2012 | Canonical, Community, Ubuntu
The [Ubuntu Developer Summit](https://uds.ubuntu.com/) (UDS) is the most important event in the Ubuntu calendar. It is where we get together to discuss, design, and plan the next version of Ubuntu; in this case the Ubuntu 13.04 release. The next UDS takes place at...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 30, 2012 | Article, Canonical, Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu
Last week [Benjamin Otte shared some thoughts about GNOME](https://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](https://guadec.org/) was taking place in...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 26, 2012 | Community, Ubuntu
*I meant post about this previously, but have been catching up with email post-CLS/OSCON*. I was delighted to read the news of [Unity entering Fedora](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/unity-desktop-available-for-fedora). Although many associate Unity with Ubuntu,...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 26, 2012 | Community, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Accomplishments
As some of you will be aware, we have working on a project called [Ubuntu Accomplishments](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accomplishments) in recent months. We are making good progress with the project and are working to our 0.3 release. The goals of this release will be: *...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 25, 2012 | Community
In my previous writings I have talked a lot about how to build strong foundations in our communities. Namely, that we should strive to build *belonging*, and that a sense of belonging is what transitions *drive-by contributors* that are expensive and time-consuming to...
