VPSs, Ubuntu, and Juju

VPSs, Ubuntu, and Juju

Recently I had a bit of a nightmarish experience that we might be able to transition into an opportunity. Let me share it with you. For many years now I have been running my personal website at [archivedblog.jonobacon.com](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/). The...
Ubuntu Advocacy Development Kit

Ubuntu Advocacy Development Kit

As I [mentioned last week](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/2012/11/01/loco-teams-communication-and-community/), our [LoCo Teams](https://loco.ubuntu.com/) are a core part of the Ubuntu community. They provide wonderful contributions in spreading the word about...
Unite

Unite

A little break from the norm… *Can’t see the video? [See it here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sPVPxvvcm4)* This is a song I wrote a while back, that is broken into three “acts” if you will. The song is composed from multiple layered...
Preparing UDS Proceedings

Preparing UDS Proceedings

With so much going on at UDS it can be difficult to get a crisp summary of the key decisions, plans, and goals for the next release. Even if you are attending in person, you only get to see a small sliver of everything that is going on, so a broad set of summaries is...
Preparing UDS Proceedings

Ubuntu Core On The Nexus 7

A core goal for Ubuntu 13.04 is to get Ubuntu running on a Nexus 7 tablet. To be clear, this is not going to be a tablet Unity interface running on the 8/16GB Nexus 7, but instead will focus on getting the current Ubuntu Desktop running on the Nexus so that we can...
The Genesis Of Free Software Projects

The Genesis Of Free Software Projects

Regarding [Mark’s post about participating in private projects](https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1207), I just wanted to weigh in on a few things. First, let’s take a look at how Ubuntu is developed today. Like other Linux distributions, we take a...