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"Community"

Holly Hall
21 April 2021

Community AMA: Indaba for 21.04

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

What is indaba? An indaba is a conference or gathering to discuss matters of importance, originating from the Xhosa and Zulu languages. Following this theme, we are excited to be hosting our first Desktop Indaba this Friday. Everybody is welcome to take part by asking questions for our AMA (Ask Me Anything) part of the ...

Canonical
15 April 2021

(Re)introducing the Community Team

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The Ubuntu community is, and always will be, a major part of the Ubuntu project. It is one of the biggest reasons all of this (gestures around) even exists. Over the past month or so, the beginnings of a new Community team has been taking shape inside Canonical with the specific purpose of serving the ...

Lech Sandecki
9 March 2021

Open source enterprise support vs free open source use

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu and CentOS are both popular examples of open source Linux operating systems adopted because of the breadth of community support, but also because of the availability of enterprise-grade support. However, since the announcement last December, the CentOS project as we knew it, will be discontinued. Many CentOS users are currently loo ...

Alan Pope
10 September 2020

Snap! Collaborate and listen!

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

You’d think we would be running out of terrible/great (delete as applicable) 80s songs to try and shoehorn into the titles of these blog posts. Turns out, not quite yet! “How can I help?” is a phrase often used in Open Source projects by enthusiastic users and developers. There are a lot of moving parts ...

Canonical
6 August 2020

Infographic: Ubuntu from 2004 to 20.04 LTS

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

Today, the first point release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS went live! To celebrate, we wanted to share how Ubuntu has evolved since the first release in 2004 to where we are today with 20.04. Thanks to those in the community and our users for your contributions and joining us on this journey. Upgrade to Ubuntu ...

toto
11 March 2020

Tutorials for everyone from everyone

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

TL:DR The tutorials site was refreshed. Tutorials are written in Discourse. They are then pulled and displayed on different sites: ubuntu.com, snapcraft.io, maas.io and jaas.ai. Contributing to open source tools goes beyond writing code. Some of the best contributions simply explain to others how to use the software through tutorials and ...

Canonical
12 June 2019

Get to know these 5 Ubuntu community resources

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu OS is open source, with a whole community working to shape and support it. Here are some resources from the Ubuntu community for the Ubuntu community. ...

Sarah Dickinson
16 February 2018

Snapcraft through the eyes of its biggest community contributor

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

If you’ve spent any time in the Snapcraft forum, it’s quite likely you’ve come across Dani Llewellyn – a keen community advocate or self-proclaimed Snapcrafter. Dani has always had a passion for computing and is completely self-taught. Outside of the community, Dani is a freelance WordPress developer. After getting into the open source wo ...

Canonical
14 December 2017

UbuCon Europe: 27th, 28th, 29th of April 2018 in Gijón/Xixón, Spain

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

The next Ubucon Europe will take place at the Antiguo Instituto Jovellanos in Gijón/Xixón (Asturias, Spain), the 27th, 28th & 29th of April 2018. The Antiguo Instituto was built in 1797 as a centre for scientific and technical education. Currently, it is a public space maintained and managed by the City Council and it has ...

David Callé
28 November 2017

How to write an Ubuntu tutorial

People and culture Ubuntu tech blog

Since we started building a learning platform at tutorials.ubuntu.com, we have published over 30 tutorials on a wide range of Ubuntu-related topics: for developers wanting to assess new technologies (such as installing Kubernetes or running Linux containers on Windows) and users (such as using the snap command and creating bootable Ubuntu ...

April Wang
7 December 2016

Jamming with Ubuntu Core

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

We celebrated the launch of Ubuntu Core 16 hackathon, or shall we say Snapathon, that took place in Shenzhen between 26-27th November. The 30+ hour gathering and coding session was attended by developers, makers and anyone that was interested in the Internet of Things and the technology that powers them. Attendees were from different back ...

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