Introducing the Hardy Heron

Introducing the Hardy Heron

I am delighted to have the pleasure of announcing the *Hardy Heron* (Ubuntu 8.04), the next version of Ubuntu that will succeed Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10, due for release in October 2007). Not only will the Ubuntu community continue to do what it does best, produce an...
UDS: Here it comes

UDS: Here it comes

Guess what folks, its coming to that time again…you got it – Ubuntu Developer Summit time!! The Ubuntu Developer Summit is a week long event in which a swathe of Ubuntu contributors get together into the same venue to design, discuss and flesh out the next...
Update

Update

Wow, long time no update. Well, things have been insanely busy recently, on all fronts, and I have just been too busy to sit back and write some stuff down. So, here comes another burst of bullet points: * I have recently moved over to the Ubuntu distro team formally...
Dell, Ubuntu and My Dad

Dell, Ubuntu and My Dad

I am sure you all saw that [Dell machines are now available pre-installed with Ubuntu in the UK, France and Germany, as well as the USA](https://www.ubuntu.com/dell). Well, one new customer who bought some Ubuntu-Dell goodness is my dad. Linux really is ready for the...
Quickies

Quickies

Quickies: * I am on Holiday until Wednesday next week. Expect little response to work related shennanigans, but urgent queries can go to my mobile. * [This blog post](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=1007) which was then...
Looking for good people. Apply within.

Looking for good people. Apply within.

Are you a smart, enthusiastic, committed lover of free software and Ubuntu and want to work with upstream and downstream projects to improve how they work with Ubuntu and vice-versa? Well, I am growing my community team here at Canonical and I am looking to hire an...