Author Archives: tsimonq2

Remembering and thanking Steve Langasek

By tsimonq2 | Published: 2025-01-06

The following is a post from Mark Shuttleworth on the Ubuntu Discourse instance. For more information, you can find the full post here. Steve Langasek is one of my heroes in open source and in life. He epitomises everything that is great about the movement – depth of technical insight, generosity of spirit, rigour in […]

Ubuntu Membership Board call for nominations

By tsimonq2 | Published: 2018-08-24

As you may know, Ubuntu Membership is a recognition of significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu community. To this end, the Community Council recruits from our current member community for the valuable role of reviewing and evaluating the contributions of potential members to bring them on board or assist with having them […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 523

By tsimonq2 | Published: 2018-04-17

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 523 for the week of April 8 – 14, 2018 – the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) Final Beta released Announcing the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Free Culture Showcase winners Upcoming Vacant Developer Membership Board seats: Call for nominations […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 520

By tsimonq2 | Published: 2017-10-04

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #520 for the weeks of September 19 – October 2, 2017, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Announcing the new Ubuntu Community Council Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) Final Beta released LoCo Events Dustin Kirkland: Results of the Ubuntu Desktop Applications […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter 519

By tsimonq2 | Published: 2017-09-20

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #519 for the weeks of September 5 – 18, 2017, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Welcome New Members and Developers Ubuntu Stats LoCo Events Didier Roche: Ubuntu GNOME Shell in Artful (Continued) Kubuntu General News: Kubuntu Council Election Results […]