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Blog posts tagged
"Community"


Igor Ljubuncic
17 December 2021

Snapcrafters – One for all, all for one

Ubuntu Article

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 more snaps under its u ...


Oliver Smith
25 November 2021

Linux Gaming with Ubuntu Desktop Part 1: Steam & Proton

Community Article

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. ...


Monica R Ayhens-Madon
20 October 2021

Help Us Chart the Ubuntu Community Roadmap

Community Article

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 ...


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 ...


liam zheng
1 September 2021

Introducing UbuCon Asia 2021: The First Ubuntu Conference in Asia

Community Article

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. UbuCon Asia is also ...


Rhys Davies
3 August 2021

UbuntuOnAir update

Desktop Article

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 ...


Leia Ruffini
6 July 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 06th of July

Ubuntu Article

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


Rhys Davies
26 May 2021

UbuntuOnAir

Ubuntu Article

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, play games. You can g ...


Rhys Davies
25 May 2021

Raspberry Pi GPIO support in Ubuntu

Internet of Things Article

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 ...


Holly Hall
21 April 2021

Community AMA: Indaba for 21.04

Desktop Article

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 Article

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 Article

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. Oftentimes, those ...