Blog posts tagged
"Community"

75 posts


Michael C. Jaeger
11 February 2022

A Charming community: how to join the Juju and Charmed Operators community

Article Cloud and server

If you are familiar with open source, you know that the community is what drives a project and gives its purpose, keeps it alive and thriving. So, it is important to support that community, and provide tools and encouragement to help it grow. Today, we would highlight the community behind Juju and Charmed Operators and

Michael C. Jaeger
11 February 2022


Igor Ljubuncic
17 December 2021

Snapcrafters – One for all, all for one

Article Ubuntu

In mid-2017, a small group of techies banded together and formed a team that would specialize in creating community-supported snaps of applications for which there was or would be no upstream support. This team called itself: Snapcrafters. Over time, it slowly, gradually grew, attracting more people and bringing yet...

Igor Ljubuncic
17 December 2021


Oliver Smith
25 November 2021

Linux Gaming with Ubuntu Desktop Part 1: Steam & Proton

Article Community

In the first of a mini-series of blogs, we break down some of the easiest ways to get started with Linux gaming on Ubuntu, starting with Steam and Proton.

Oliver Smith
25 November 2021


Monica R Ayhens-Madon
20 October 2021

Help Us Chart the Ubuntu Community Roadmap

Article Community

It hasn’t even been a week since the release of Impish Indri, and we already are gearing up for the journey to Jammy Jellyfish. If releases were a roadtrip, this is when we pull over, have some snacks, and find the best way to get to our next destination. The Desktop and Community Team want

Monica R Ayhens-Madon
20 October 2021


Rhys Davies
2 September 2021

The new Ubuntu membership process

Desktop Desktop

Applying for Ubuntu membership just became a  lot easier. After a long discussion on Discourse, we’ve made the necessary changes to lower the technical barrier of entry to apply for Ubuntu membership. It’s now a simpler process with a focus on contribution, not on technical ability. In this post, I walk through the new process

Rhys Davies
2 September 2021


liam zheng
1 September 2021

Introducing UbuCon Asia 2021: The First Ubuntu Conference in Asia

Article Community

UbuCon or Ubuntu Conference is an event organized by the Ubuntu Communities. This event is for everyone who is involved and interested in Ubuntu, Linux, and other Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) technologies. This year, UbuCon Asia will be held and organized by Ubuntu Communities and FOSS communities in Asia....

liam zheng
1 September 2021


Rhys Davies
3 August 2021

UbuntuOnAir update

Article Desktop

It’s been a couple of months since we restarted UbuntuOnAir. We had a few ideas, and lots of aspirations, but we wanted to be realistic and work our way up. You can read about why we brought it back and why we didn’t use the more mainstream channel “Celebrate Ubuntu” elsewhere. Here I talk about

Rhys Davies
3 August 2021


Leia Ruffini
6 July 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 06th of July

Article Ubuntu

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis.

Leia Ruffini
6 July 2021


Rhys Davies
26 May 2021

UbuntuOnAir

Article Ubuntu

We (the Ubuntu Community team) are delighted to invite you to the UbuntuOnAir YouTube and Twitch channels! These particular airwaves will hold community-focused Indabas, office hours, highly requested community interviews and will deliver Ubuntu/Open Source related workshops, host special events, and, hopefully, yes,...

Rhys Davies
26 May 2021


Rhys Davies
25 May 2021

Raspberry Pi GPIO support in Ubuntu

Article Internet of Things

We are proud to announce that Ubuntu 21.04 includes support for the GPIO pins on the Raspberry Pi. This has been a long time coming. We know. With support for the camera modules and Bluetooth added last year GPIO was the obvious next step. But with our Raspberry Pi focused engineers working to make sure

Rhys Davies
25 May 2021


Holly Hall
21 April 2021

Community AMA: Indaba for 21.04

Article Desktop

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

Holly Hall
21 April 2021


Canonical
15 April 2021

(Re)introducing the Community Team

Article Ubuntu

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

Canonical
15 April 2021


Lech Sandecki
9 March 2021

Open source enterprise support vs free open source use

Article Cloud and server

Many enterprises use open source enterprise support from a vendor, such as Red Hat or Canonical, to boost uptime and peace of mind. Others choose to use open source without any additional vendor support, relying on one of the major benefits of open source – the robust community support that is freely available....

Lech Sandecki
9 March 2021


Alan Pope
10 September 2020

Snap! Collaborate and listen!

Article Desktop

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

Alan Pope
10 September 2020