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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 www.jonobacon.org. The site is nothing special, just my blog and some other content, and I have been running [...]

As many of you will know, there is a lot of work going on to get the core Ubuntu Desktop running on the Nexus 7 tablet. Thus far we have focused on the 8GB and 16GB tablets, but now the 32GB Nexus 7 can be used too. This tablet is available for around $299 if [...]

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 [...]

It has been interesting listening into the UDS sessions remotely (find out how to join remotely here) this week. While I wish I could join more sessions (unfortunately the timezone difference is pretty brutal) there have been a number of key topics and themes discussed this week, of which a few in particular have caught [...]

This week the Ubuntu Developer Summit is taking place in Copenhagen from Monday – Thursday. This is the event where we plan the features and goals for the next release of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail. Unfortunately I won’t be there in person this week in person as my wife, Erica, and I are expecting [...]

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 ensure pieces [...]

After a busy six month release cycle, we can all step back and look at the result of our efforts with Ubuntu 12.10. Many people from all around the world, from all walks of life, each bringing their own passion and talent, all contributed to this release. Thank-you for your wonderful contributions; if it wasn’t [...]

As we build towards to the next Ubuntu Developer Summit in a few weeks, we have been getting our blueprints and plans in place to have a comprehensive set of discussions at the event. Unfortunately I won’t be there, fortunately due to an impending bundle of baby joy that will be entering my life, but [...]

A few days ago Stuart Langridge and I upgraded a machine from 8.04 LTS to 10.04 LTS and then from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS, all over SSH. Both upgrades ran without a hitch. We simply ran do-release-upgrade and everything worked great. Upgrading from a four-year old installation to a current installation with no problem [...]

Recently there has been some concerns in our community about the online dash search feature, and these concerns have been orientated around the privacy of your data, the legal requirements for how this data is handled, and the effectiveness of the search. These concerns have been taken very seriously inside Canonical and there has been [...]