by Jono Bacon | Oct 17, 2011 | Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
In the recent feedback I have been gathering from our community, one source of contention was a feeling that leaders in the community are lacking motivation and a feeling of influence on the project. While [the...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 15, 2011 | Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
I was delighted to see the results of the Community Council vote. It is great to see some familiar faces on the council as well as some new blood. I am looking forward to working with the CC in the 12.04 cycle, and the new council have a wonderful complement of...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 15, 2011 | Canonical, Community, Planet Ubuntu
Each week I organize a Google+ Hangout for our Canonical Community Team meeting. This regular team meeting is where we share roundtables of work each of us has been doing, sync up on projects and topics, and discuss any agenda items. We also discuss boring company...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 14, 2011 | Community
Thanks to everyone who came to the Ubuntu UK Release Party last night. It was so wonderful to catch up with so many new and old friends. It was also wonderful to hear everyone’s generally positive feedback about the new release. I am proud of Ubuntu 11.10 and...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 13, 2011 | Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
`#ubuntu-release-party` on [freenode](https://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml) IRC is all you need to know. 🙂 Come and join the fun!
by Jono Bacon | Oct 13, 2011 | Community, Ubuntu, Ubuntu LoCo Teams
Today we release [Ubuntu 11.10: Oneiric Ocelot](https://www.ubuntu.com) after a busy six months of work. Thank you to everyone who participated in this release and put their brick in the wall. We had many wonderful contributions from developers, testers, translators,...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 11, 2011 | Canonical, Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
Just a quick thank-you to everyone who has participated so far in the community feedback survey I sent out last week. So far **286** Ubuntu Members have responded to the survey, but I would like to encourage all of you who have not responded to reply. You should have...
by Jono Bacon | Oct 7, 2011 | Community, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
Recently some concerns were raised to me in a Community Council meeting about some areas of the community, and how much influence and motivation some of our community members feel they have on Ubuntu. I am determined to identify some solutions for these challenges....
by Jono Bacon | Sep 29, 2011 | Community, Planet GNOME, Planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu
Here in the Ubuntu family we have a burning ambition to create Operating Systems for Desktop and Server that is simple, easy to use, available in your language, and entirely free. We believe in technological freedom, open standards, and breaking down the digital...
by Jono Bacon | Sep 29, 2011 | Ubuntu, Uncategorized
’nuff said.