by Jono Bacon | Oct 13, 2006 | Advocacy, Community, Desktop, Speaking, Ubuntu, Usability
Here I am at the [10th anniversary event for KDE](https://events.kde.org/10years/) and its really cool. Last night I had two, count them, two hours of sleep before my alarm went off at 3am. I get back into England at around 11pm. Its a long day, but its worth it. The...
by Jono Bacon | Aug 3, 2006 | Desktop, Jokosher, Usability
I read [Chris’s blog](https://chrislord.net/blog/does-alsa-suck.essay) about ALSA, and it does concern me a little. I think ALSA is most definitely the right direction for us to head in, but if users are experiencing a distinctive difference in audio quality,...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 19, 2006 | Advocacy, Desktop, Usability
As an advocate and consultant, I tend to get exposed to a rich tapestry of reasons why Open Source is great and why it is not so great. I am not going going to bother singing to the choir about the great aspects, but I instead want to discuss one of the oft heard...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 7, 2006 | Desktop, Usability
As many of you will know, I am quite the usability pervert. Understanding how people use computers and creating better and more intuitive interfaces fires me up, and the mere idea of GNOME 3.0 is interesting to me. The reason why I find GNOME 3.0 exciting is that it...
by Jono Bacon | Jan 13, 2006 | Desktop, Jokosher, Usability
In the past, I have gone into quite some detail about why I believe that the current crop of Linux multi-trackers are not up to the job for both recording my own music and recording [LUGRadio](https://www.lugradio.org/). To remedy this, Aq and I sat down for a few...