by Jono Bacon | Nov 24, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
Tomorrow (or today if you are already up and about)…Wed 24th Nov 2010…is a pretty stonking day for events, and I just wanted to highlight them here so you can be sure to get along: * **Ubuntu Cloud Meeting And Q+A** – 3pm UTC/GMT / 7am Pacific / 10am...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 23, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
Recently I have been asking some members my team at Canonical (namely, Daniel Holbach and David Planella) to start doing some live videocasts. As some of you will know, I have been [doing videocasts myself every...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 22, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
As many of you will know, [Ahmed Kamal](https://foss-boss.blogspot.com/) is one of the horsemen, and he is focusing his community building skills on creating a rocking Ubuntu Cloud community. We have [awesome technology](https://www.ubuntu.com/cloud) for harnessing...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 20, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
When someone is new to Ubuntu and they want to get started helping to package bug fixes and software, they engage in the [Sponsorship Process](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SponsorshipProcess). In a nutshell, you get the source code for the package, apply the fix (or create...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 18, 2010 | Ubuntu
Despite original plans to ship a Unity PPA for Maverick, the team in trying to make this work happen have come to the conclusion that it is going to be too complex, and also put Maverick desktops at risk of breakage. I just wanted to ensure everyone is aware of this...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 17, 2010 | Community, Ubuntu
Every cycle we organize the [Ubuntu Global Jam](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam); an event in which our global community gets together to help make Ubuntu better. The *Ubuntu Global Jam* is a great opportunity to get together and meet other Ubuntu fans and...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 17, 2010 | Community, Planet GNOME
*Before I go on, a few clarifications. Firstly, this blog post represents the views of me, myself, and I, and not the views of Canonical or the Ubuntu project. Secondly, throughout this blog entry when I say “community” I am referring to the wider Open...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 16, 2010 | Community, Severed Fifth
*Can’t see the video? [Click here](https://www.severedfifth.com/pay/)* A few weeks ago we sat down with one of our advisors for Severed Fifth and a strong supporter of the band who has been through the industry and played in a number of established acts. He said...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 16, 2010 | Canonical, Community, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
With every cycle, part of my responsibility is to understand the needs of the Ubuntu community, understand the needs of some of the key stakeholders to my team, and to plan what the team will work on throughout the next cycle. Recently I have been asking the team...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 12, 2010 | Canonical, Community, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
I am pleased to announce that the proceedings from the recent [Ubuntu Developer Summit](https://uds.ubuntu.com) in Orlando, Florida are now available. This set of proceedings summarizes many of the key decisions made at UDS in the tracks. Please remember a few caveats...
