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Two weeks with Mir 9 Jul 2013 | 12:57 pm
Mir has been running smoothly on my laptop for two weeks now. It’s an all-Intel Dell XPS, so the driver stack on Ubuntu is very clean, but I’m nonetheless surprised that the system feels *smoother* th...
New CAG members from US, Indonesia and Australia 29 Jun 2013 | 03:30 am
Very briefly – had an excellent show at Mobile Asia Expo. Very valuable feedback from carrier partners on our progress with Ubuntu’s mobile experience and ecosystem. And just heard that a US operator ...
Here comes the Carrier Advisory Group 18 Jun 2013 | 10:26 pm
Last week we held the first meeting of the new Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group, which helps us figure out how best to shape Ubuntu to meet the needs of the mobile industry. It was very exciting! We ma...
The Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Scorpionfish. Not. 25 Apr 2013 | 07:32 pm
Congratulations and thanks to the entire extended Ubuntu community for today’s release of Ubuntu 13.04, the Raring Ringtail. Feedback over the past few months on raring has been fantastic – pretty muc...
Let’s go faster while preserving what works best 12 Mar 2013 | 05:28 am
It’s been two weeks since Rick Spencer made the case for a rolling release approach in Ubuntu. Having a rolling release is one of the very top suggestions from the hardcore Ubuntu user community, and ...
All the faces of Ubuntu 7 Mar 2013 | 10:57 pm
Harald, Of course what Kubuntu and Xubuntu and Ubuntu GNOME Remix et al do matters. If it didn’t, we wouldn’t invest a ton of time and energy in finding ways to share the archives effectively. And I ...
Misplaced criticism 7 Mar 2013 | 06:06 pm
Jonathan says that Canonical is not taking care of the Ubuntu community. Consider for a minute, Jonathan, the difference between our actions. Canonical, as one stakeholder in the Ubuntu community, i...
Not convinced by rolling releases 7 Mar 2013 | 03:49 pm
The ‘rolling release’ meme has been a popular one for years in Ubuntu. It’s one of the top requests from members of our user community. And it’s popular with Canonical team members too (who, largely, ...
Ubuntu in 2013 26 Dec 2012 | 02:12 pm
This is a time of year to ponder what matters most and choose what we’ll focus on in the year to come. Each of us has our own priorities and perspective, so your goals may be very different to mine. N...
“in addition to” 19 Oct 2012 | 01:05 pm
Nothing in yesterday’s post about inviting members of the community into some of the projects we work on in confidence implied that the Ubuntu development process is becoming less open. Ubuntu set th...
