by Jono Bacon | Nov 8, 2010 | Community, Free Culture, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
Recently I [blogged about some concerns that I have had](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2010/11/05/making-our-world-more-respectful/) about increasing disrespect in the Open Source, Free Software, and Free Culture communities. My blog entry shared some of the work...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 2, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
I am delighted to see that [over 5% of Ubuntu Members are women](https://princessleia.com/journal/?p=3651). That is 5% of active contributors who have performed significant and sustained contributions are women. For the full scoop, read [Lyz’s...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 31, 2010 | Canonical, Community, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
After hectic few weeks on the road I am now back in sunny California, and we had a wonderful Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando, Florida. Thanks to everyone who made the event such a success. It was so great to meet so many old friends and to meet the may new friends...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 25, 2010 | Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
Mark just announced at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando that we will be shipping the Unity environment in the Ubuntu desktop edition. Unity is the environment we shipped on the Ubuntu Netbook Edition for the first time in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, and users...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 11, 2010 | Canonical, Community, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
Over the last two days two projects near and dear to my heart have issued important new releases. I just wanted to cover them both here in one solid shot of awesome, with the goal of encouraging your lovely people to go and download and enjoy both. ## Ubuntu 10.10...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 28, 2010 | Community, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
One of the most elemental components of Open Source and thriving community is transparency. We depend on and define transparency as a high priority so that the community feels engaged and informed as it grows, reacts, and nurtures new challenges. Transparency though...
