by Jono Bacon | Nov 11, 2010 | Community, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
The Ubuntu Desktop Team are looking for an engineer to make [LibreOffice](https://www.documentfoundation.org/download/) rock in Ubuntu. The role is described as: > We are seeking a Software Engineer to play a key development and integration role on the Ubuntu Desktop...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 10, 2010 | Community, Desktop, Planet GNOME, Ubuntu
I remember when I first got involved in Linux and Free Software, the Linux desktop was a pretty ugly place. Much of the reason for this was that getting a graphical display running was in itself a bit of a luxury, and one earned with lots of config file hacking and...
by Jono Bacon | Nov 10, 2010 | Community, Planet GNOME
Another quick update. The [website](https://www.openrespect.org) now has a little more content, I have started adding some [support resources for dealing with conflict and disrespect](https://openrespect.org/guides/), and you can help spread the word that OpenRespect...
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 5, 2010 | Community
Something has been bothering me a little recently, and I have been trying to think about the best way of solving it. This is a problem that is not specific to Ubuntu or my world, but one that I believe affects many, many projects. I am not sure that there is a crisp...
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 | Nov 2, 2010 | Community, Planet GNOME
I just wanted to say a quick congratulations to our friends in the [Fedora Community](https://fedoraproject.org/) for their work on [Fedora 14](https://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora) which was released today! The Fedora team have been putting out some great...
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...
